trillium

See also: Trillium

English
sweet trillium (Trillium albidum)

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪli.əm/, /ˈtɹɪljəm/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪləm/[1]

Noun

trillium (plural trilliums)

  1. Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § II.2, page 66.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Said to be altered from Swedish trilling (“triplet”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

trillium n (genitive trilliī or trillī); second declension

  1. trillium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trillium trillia
Genitive trilliī
trillī1		 trilliōrum
Dative trilliō trilliīs
Accusative trillium trillia
Ablative trilliō trilliīs
Vocative trillium trillia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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