beladona

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Galician

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Etymology

From Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.

Pronunciation

Noun

beladona f (plural beladonas)

  1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian belladonna, from bella donna (literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

beladona f (plural beladonas)

  1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beladǒːna/
  • Hyphenation: be‧la‧do‧na

Noun

beladóna f (Cyrillic spelling беладо́на)

  1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
    Synonym: velebilje
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