iris
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈiː.rɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) iris coloured part of the eye
- (botany) iris, plant of the genus Iris
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īris (rainbow) borrowed from Middle French iris derived 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
- iridium English
- iris English
- irisoida Finnish
- iridium Latin
- iris Latin
- īris Latin
- írisz Hungarian
- iride Italian
- ири́дий Russian
- ἴρινος Ancient Greek
- ἶρις Ancient Greek
- *weh₁i-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wey-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- iridium Norwegian Bokmål
- iris Norwegian Bokmål
- iridium Norwegian Nynorsk
- iris Norwegian Nynorsk
- ireas Irish
- ίρις Greek (modern)
- iris Middle French