valeriana

== Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin valeriāna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [bə.lə.ɾiˈa.nə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [və.lə.ɾiˈa.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [va.le.ɾiˈa.na] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ba.le.ɾiˈa.na] === Noun === valeriana f (plural valerianes) valerian (plant of genus Valeriana, especially Valeriana officinalis or garden valerian) ==== Derived terms ==== valeriana vera === Further reading === “valeriana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Italian == === Noun === valeriana f (plural valeriane) valerian (plant of genus Valeriana) == Latin == === Etymology === Phonological rematching of Old High German baldriān (“valerian”) (see German Baldrian) with Latin Valēriānus, the German word being descended from Middle Mongol балчиргана (“false hellebore, angelica”). See more at Ottoman Turkish بالدران. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wa.ɫeː.riˈaː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [va.le.riˈaː.na] === Noun === valēriāna f (genitive valēriānae); first declension valerian ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: valerian → Italian: valeriana == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: va‧le‧ri‧a‧na === Noun === valeriana f (plural valerianas) valerian (Valeriana officinalis, a medicinal herb of Europe) === Further reading === “valeriana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “valeriana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Noun === valeriana f (plural valerianas) valerian ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “valeriana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025