orchis

See also: Orchis

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, testicle).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.kɪs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.kɪs/

Noun

orchis (plural orchises or orchides or (archaic) orchisses)

  1. An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis. [from 16th c.]
    • 1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter XIV. To Miss Waverly.”, in Desmond. [], volume II, London: [] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, [], →OCLC, page 195:
      [T]heir maid has dreſſed their hats with cowſlips, orchiſſes, cuckoo-flowers, and golden-cups—[]
    • 1871, Agnes Maule Machar, Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword, page 25:
      In spring, what a place it was for wild flowers!―as Lucy Raymond and her brothers well knew, having often brought home thence great bunches of dielytras and convallarias and orchises; and at any time some bright blossoms were generally to be found gleaming through the shade.
    • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91:
      He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.
  2. (anatomy) A testis.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • orchis” in Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary. (2012).

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

orchis f (plural orchissen)

  1. An orchid; a plant of the family Orchidaceae
    Synonym: orchidee

Derived terms

  • bosorchis
  • moerasorchis
  • purperorchis
  • rietorchis
  • schroeforchis

Further reading

French

Etymology

Calque of translingual Orchis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔʁ.kis/
  • (file)

Noun

orchis m (plural orchis)

  1. (botany) orchis (Orchis)
    Hypernym: orchidée

Derived terms

  • orchis à deux feuilles
  • orchis bouc
  • orchis de Provence
  • orchis mâle
  • orchis militaire
  • orchis moustique
  • orchis pyramidal
  • orchis singe
  • orchis vanille

References

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, testicle, ovary, orchid).

Pronunciation

Noun

orchis f (genitive orchis); third declension

  1. orchid (flower)
  2. kind of olive

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative orchis orchēs
Genitive orchis orchium
Dative orchī orchibus
Accusative orchem orchēs
orchīs
Ablative orche orchibus
Vocative orchis orchēs

Descendants

References

  • orchis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • orchis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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