plumbago

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /plʌmˈbeɪɡəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /pləmˈbeɪɡoʊ/ Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ === Noun === plumbago (countable and uncountable, plural plumbagos or plumbagoes) (botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. [from 17th c.] (mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite. [from 18th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== graphite black lead ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Plumbago”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. “plumbago”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō. See also plombagine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plœ̃.ba.ɡo/ === Noun === plumbago m (plural plumbagos) (botany) plumbago Synonym: dentelaire == Latin == === Etymology === plumbum (“lead”) +‎ -āgō. The plant name is likely a calque of Ancient Greek μολύβδαινα (molúbdaina). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɫʊmˈbaː.ɡoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [plumˈbaː.ɡo] === Noun === plumbāgō f (genitive plumbāginis); third declension graphite the color of graphite leadwort ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: plumbago French: plombagine, plumbago Italian: piombaggine Spanish: plumbagina, plumbagíneo === References === “plumbago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “plumbago”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.