gladiolus
See also: Gladiolus
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (US) -oʊləs
Noun
gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses)
- (anatomy) The center part of the sternum.
- Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict:
- Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
Alternative forms
Related terms
Translations
center part of the sternum
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plant
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɣlaː.diˈoː.lʏs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gla‧di‧o‧lus
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑdiolus/, [ˈɡlɑ̝diˌo̞lus̠]
- Rhymes: -olus
- Syllabification(key): gla‧di‧o‧lus
Declension
Inflection of gladiolus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | gladiolus | gladiolukset | ||
genitive | gladioluksen | gladiolusten gladioluksien | ||
partitive | gladiolusta | gladioluksia | ||
illative | gladiolukseen | gladioluksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | gladiolus | gladiolukset | ||
accusative | nom. | gladiolus | gladiolukset | |
gen. | gladioluksen | |||
genitive | gladioluksen | gladiolusten gladioluksien | ||
partitive | gladiolusta | gladioluksia | ||
inessive | gladioluksessa | gladioluksissa | ||
elative | gladioluksesta | gladioluksista | ||
illative | gladiolukseen | gladioluksiin | ||
adessive | gladioluksella | gladioluksilla | ||
ablative | gladiolukselta | gladioluksilta | ||
allative | gladiolukselle | gladioluksille | ||
essive | gladioluksena | gladioluksina | ||
translative | gladiolukseksi | gladioluksiksi | ||
abessive | gladioluksetta | gladioluksitta | ||
instructive | — | gladioluksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡlaˈdi.o.lus/, [ɡɫ̪äˈd̪iɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡlaˈdi.o.lus/, [ɡläˈd̪iːolus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | gladiolus | gladiolī |
Genitive | gladiolī | gladiolōrum |
Dative | gladiolō | gladiolīs |
Accusative | gladiolum | gladiolōs |
Ablative | gladiolō | gladiolīs |
Vocative | gladiole | gladiolī |
Descendants
References
- “gladiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladioler or gladioluser, definite plural gladiolene or gladiolusene)
References
- “gladiolus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladiolar or gladiolusar, definite plural gladiolane or gladiolusane)
References
- “gladiolus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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