syringa

Via Dutch or Middle Low German from Latin sȳrinx from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pan pipes”).

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɪŋ.ɡə/

syringa (plural syringas)

1. (archaic) sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius).
2. Hence any of several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus, such as now in the Western United States Philadelphus lewisii.
3. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Syringa, such as the lilacs.

• signary

• IPA^(key): /si.ʁɛ̃.ɡa/

syringa m (plural syringas)

1. Alternative form of seringa

• “syringa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

syringa (plural syringas)

1. syringe

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /syːˈrin.ɡa/, [s̠yːˈrɪŋɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈrin.ɡa/, [siˈriŋɡä]
• Homophone: Sȳringa

sȳringa f

1. accusative singular of sȳrinx