iris
Italian (Fiorentino)
noun
Definitions
- iris flower
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iris (rainbow) borrowed from Ancient Greek ἶρις (rainbow, iris).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἶρις
Gloss
rainbow, iris
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
虹
Emoji
🌈 🦄
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- iridescent English
- iridium English
- irisoida Finnish
- iridium Latin
- iris Latin
- īris Latin
- iris French
- ири́дий Russian
- iris Spanish, Castilian
- ἴρινος Ancient Greek
- ἶρις Ancient Greek
- *weh₁i-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wey-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- iridium Norwegian Bokmål
- iris Norwegian Bokmål
- íris Portuguese
- iridium Norwegian Nynorsk
- iris Norwegian Nynorsk
- ireas Irish
- iris Catalan, Valencian
- ίρις Greek (modern)
- iris Middle French