caprifolium
See also: Caprifolium
Latin
Alternative forms
- caprefolium
Etymology
From caper (“goat”) + folium (“leaf”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.priˈfo.li.um/, [käprɪˈfɔlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.priˈfo.li.um/, [käpriˈfɔːlium]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | caprifolium | caprifolia |
| Genitive | caprifoliī caprifolī1 |
caprifoliōrum |
| Dative | caprifoliō | caprifoliīs |
| Accusative | caprifolium | caprifolia |
| Ablative | caprifoliō | caprifoliīs |
| Vocative | caprifolium | caprifolia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Old French: chievrefoil, kievrefuel
- French: chèvrefeuille
- Norman: quièvrefeul
- Galician: cadrifollo, cabrifollo, cabrinfollo
- Italian: caprifoglio
- Romanian: caprifoi
- Spanish: caprifoliáceo
- Translingual: Caprifolium
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