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English
A lily plant
Etymology
From
Middle English lilie , from
Old English lilie , from
Latin līlia , plural of
līlium , from
Ancient Greek λείριον ( leírion ) , from
Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ ( hlēri ) (compare
Sahidic Coptic ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ ( hrēre ) ), from
Demotic ( ḥrry ,
“ flower ” ) , from
Egyptian ( ḥrrt ,
“ flower ” ) , which is perhaps also the root of
Sanskrit हली ( halī ) ,
हलिनी ( halinī ,
“ lily ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
lily (plural lilies )
A floral arrangement containing white lilies in Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae , which includes a great many ornamental species.
Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
( heraldry ) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis .
The end of a compass needle that should point north , traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis .
( card games , usually in the plural ) A royal spade in auction bridge .
( cartomancy ) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Translations
flower in the genus Lilium
Albanian: zambak (sq) , lil
Arabic: زَنْبَق m ( zanbaq ) , سَوْسَن ( sawsan )
Armenian: շուշան (hy) ( šušan )
Atayal: boxi'
Belarusian: лі́лія f ( lílija )
Bulgarian: ли́лия (bg) f ( lílija ) , крем (bg) m ( krem )
Catalan: lliri (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 百合 (zh) ( bǎihé ) , 百合花 (zh) ( bǎihéhuā )
Czech: lilie (cs) f
Danish: lilje c
Dutch: lelie (nl) m or f
Esperanto: lilio
Faroese: lilja f
Finnish: lilja (fi)
French: lys (fr) m
Galician: lirio (gl) m , azucena (gl) f
Georgian: შროშანი ( šrošani )
German: Lilie (de) f
Greek: κρίνο (el) n ( kríno )
Ancient Greek: κρίνον n ( krínon )
Hebrew: שׁוֹשָׁן (he) ( šōšān )
Hindi: कुमुदिनी (hi) ( kumudinī )
Hungarian: liliom (hu)
Icelandic: lilja (is) f
Indonesian: lili (id)
Irish: lile f
Italian: giglio (it) m
Japanese: ユリ (ja) ( yuri ) , 百合 (ja) ( ゆり, yuri )
Kazakh: лала ( lala )
Korean: 나리 (ko) ( nari ) , 백합 (ko) ( baekhap )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sosin (ku) f , zembeq (ku) f
Latin: līlium (la) n
Lithuanian: lelija f
Livvi: liilii
Macedonian: лилјан m ( liljan )
Malay: lili
Maltese: Ġilju
Maori: rengarenga
Middle English: lilie
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сараана цэцэг ( saraana ceceg ) , сараана (mn) ( saraana )
Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠷᠠᠨᠠ ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠭ ( saran-a čečeg ) , ᠰᠠᠷᠠᠨᠠ ( saran-a )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lilje (no) m or f
Nynorsk: lilje f
Old Norse: lilja f
Persian: سوسن (fa) ( susan )
Polish: lilia (pl) f , lilija (pl) f ( archaic )
Portuguese: lírio (pt) m
Romanian: crin (ro) m , lilie f
Russian: ли́лия (ru) f ( lílija ) , кри́н (ru) m ( krín )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: љиљан m , замбак m , крин m
Roman: ljiljan (sh) m , zambak m , krin (sh) m
Slovak: ľalia f
Spanish: azucena (es) f , lirio (es) m
Swedish: lilja (sv) c
Tagalog: liryo
Tajik: сӯсан ( süsan ) , савсан (tg) ( savsan )
Tamil: பலுக்கல் (ta) ( palukkal )
Thai: ลิลลี่ ( lil-lîi )
Turkish: zambak (tr)
Ukrainian: ліле́я f ( liléja )
Urdu: سوسن (ur) f ( sūsan )
Vietnamese: bách hợp (vi) , loa kèn
Volapük: ( plant ) lelaplan , lel (vo) , ( older term ) liäf
Welsh: lili f
Yakut: лилия ( liliya )
Yiddish: ליליע f ( lilye )
Adjective
lily (not comparable )
( slang , derogatory ) White ( as a racial epithet ) .
1994 , Colleen Faulkner, Captive :"Can't you see I'm trying to save your lily ass?" "I don't want to be saved," Tess moaned as he hauled her up and into his lap with one beefy hand.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Participle
lily
inflection of lít :
inanimate masculine plural past active participle
feminine plural past active participle