edelweiss

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English

An edelweiss.
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Etymology

Borrowed from German Edelweiß, from edel (noble) + weiß (white).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪdəlvaɪs/
    • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

edelweiss (usually uncountable, plural edelweisses)

  1. A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 297:
      And that will mean farewell to the edelweiss, adieu the eider goose.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Edelweiß.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.dəlˌʋɛi̯s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: edel‧weiss

Noun

edelweiss n or m (plural edelweissen, diminutive edelweissje n)

  1. edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum

Finnish

Etymology

< German Edelweiß

Pronunciation

Noun

edelweiss

  1. Synonym of alppitähti (edelweiss).

Declension

Inflection of edelweiss (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative edelweiss edelweissit
genitive edelweissin edelweissien
partitive edelweissia edelweisseja
illative edelweissiin edelweisseihin
singular plural
nominative edelweiss edelweissit
accusative nom. edelweiss edelweissit
gen. edelweissin
genitive edelweissin edelweissien
partitive edelweissia edelweisseja
inessive edelweississa edelweisseissa
elative edelweissista edelweisseista
illative edelweissiin edelweisseihin
adessive edelweissilla edelweisseilla
ablative edelweissilta edelweisseilta
allative edelweissille edelweisseille
essive edelweissina edelweisseina
translative edelweissiksi edelweisseiksi
abessive edelweissitta edelweisseitta
instructive edelweissein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of edelweiss (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Edelweiß. See English edelweiss.

Pronunciation

Noun

edelweiss m (plural edelweiss)

  1. edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum
    Synonyms: étoile d’argent, étoile des neiges, immortelle des neiges, pied-de-lion

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