edelweiss

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edelweiss

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪdəlvaɪs/

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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.

Borrowed from German Edelweiß.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.dəlˌʋɛi̯s/

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• Hyphenation: edel‧weiss

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

1. edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum

< German Edelweiß

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːdelʋɑi̯s/,
• Rhymes: -eːdelʋɑis

edelweiss

1. Synonym of alppitähti.

• édelweiss (post-1990 spelling)

Borrowed from German Edelweiß. See English edelweiss.

• IPA^(key): /e.dɛl.vajs/

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edelweiss m (plural edelweiss)

1. edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum

   Synonyms: étoile d’argent, étoile des neiges, immortelle des neiges, pied-de-lion

• “edelweiss” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “edelweiss” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “edelweiss” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “edelweiss”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.