edelweiss

See also: Edelweiß, Edelweiss, and édelweiss

English

WOTD – 31 May 2008

An edelweiss.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Edelweiß, from edel (“noble”) + weiß (“white”).

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈeɪdəlvaɪs/

Noun

edelweiss (usually uncountable, plural edelweisses)

A European perennial alpine plant, Leontopodium alpinum, with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.

Translations

a European perennial alpine plant

Arabic: إِدِيلْوَيْس‎ m (ʾidilways)
Basque: elur-lore
Catalan: flor de neu f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雪絨花, 雪绒花 (xuěrónghuā)
Czech: protěž f, protěž alpská f
Finnish: alppitähti (fi)
French: edelweiss (fr) m
German: Edelweiß (de) n
Greek: εντελβάις (el) (entelváis)

Ido: edelweiss (io)
Italian: stella alpina f
Japanese: エーデルワイス (ēderuwaisu)
Korean: 에델바이스 (edelbaiseu)
Romanian: floare-de-colț (ro) f, edelvais (ro) m, albumeală (ro) f
Romansch: stailalva alpina f
Russian: эдельве́йс (ru) m (edelʹvéjs)
Serbo-Croatian: рунолист m, runolist (sh) m, планинка f, planinka (sh) f
Welsh: troed y llew m

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Edelweiß.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

edelweiss n, m (plural edelweissen, diminutive edelweissje n)

edelweiss

French

Alternative forms

édelweiss (recommended in the 1990 orthography)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Edelweiß. See English edelweiss.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.dɛl.vajs/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

edelweiss m (plural edelweiss)

edelweiss

Further reading

“edelweiss” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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