lily of the valley

See also: lily-of-the-valley and Lily of the Valley

English

19th century illustration

Etymology

Calque of Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים‎ (šôšannat hāʿămāqîm), a reference to Song of Solomon 2:1.

Noun

lily of the valley (plural lilies of the valley)

A flowering plant, Convallaria majalis, with richly fragrant pendant bells.

Translations

Convallaria majalis

Abkhaz: ашәҭрыԥх (āš°trəpx)
Armenian: հովտաշուշան (hy) (hovtašušan)
Azerbaijani: inciçiçəyi
Bulgarian: момина сълза f (momina sǎlza)
Catalan: muguet (ca) m, lliri de maig m
Chechen: чӏегӏардиган кӏа (č̣eġardigan ḳa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鈴蘭 (zh), 铃兰 (zh) (línglán)
Czech: konvalinka vonná
Dutch: lelietje-van-dalen (nl) n, meiklokje (nl) n
Esperanto: majfloro
Finnish: kielo (fi)
French: muguet (fr) m
Georgian: შროშანა (šrošana)
German: Maiglöckchen (de) n
Hungarian: gyöngyvirág (hu)
Icelandic: dalalilja f
Irish: lile na ngleanntán f
Italian: mughetto (it) m
Japanese: 鈴蘭 (ja) (suzuran)
Kabardian: къэлэрдэгу (q̇ălărdăg°)

Korean: 은방울꽃 (eunbang-ulkkot)
Lak: марияннул макь (marijannul maq̇)
Lithuanian: pakalnutė (lt) f
Norman: mudget m (Guernsey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: liljekonvall (no) m
Ossetian: джыджына (ǵyǵyna)
Polish: konwalia (pl) f
Portuguese: lírio-do-vale m
Romanian: lăcrimioară (ro) f
Russian: ла́ндыш (ru) m (lándyš)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ђурђевак m

Roman: đurđevak (sh) m, đurđica (sh) f
Slovak: konvalinka voňavá
Spanish: lirio del valle m
Swedish: liljekonvalj (sv)
Tajik: ливондар (tg) (livondar)
Turkish: inci çiçeği (tr), müge (tr)
Volapük: mügät (vo)

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