pollen

English

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pollen

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin pollen (“fine flour”). Used by Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlən/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlən
• Hyphenation: pol‧len

Noun

pollen (usually uncountable, plural pollens)

1. A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
2. (botany) Pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants.
   • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

     In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

3. (obsolete) Fine powder in general, fine flour.
   • 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles‎, translation of original by Jean Froissart:

     and ther was good wyne of Gascoyne, […] as well of pollen, as of other vitailes

Derived terms

Related terms

• pollinate

Translations

Verb

pollen (third-person singular simple present pollens, present participle pollening, simple past and past participle pollened)

1. (transitive, poetic) To cover with, or as if with, pollen.

See also

• palyno-
• palynologic
• palynological
• palynologist
• palynology

Danish

Etymology

From Latin pollen.

Noun

pollen n (singular definite pollenet, plural indefinite pollen)

1. (botany) pollen

References

• “pollen” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lə(n)/
• Hyphenation: pol‧len
• Rhymes: -ɔlən

Etymology 1

From Latin pollen.

Noun

pollen n (uncountable)

1. pollen

Usage notes

The common term in Dutch is stuifmeel. The term pollen is found in biology texts, but is furthermore in common use when identifying the causative agent of hay fever. In that sense, the word is often mistakenly construed as being plural (“Tranende, jeukende ogen en een loopneus: pollen zijn geen pretje”, Metro, 29 February 2016; “Er hangen al pollen in de lucht: hooikoortsseizoen is begonnen”, Het Laatste Nieuws, 10 January 2018; “Pollen kunnen nu al voor hooikoorts zorgen”, De Telegraaf, 22 December 2018).

Synonyms

• stuifmeel

Etymology 2

From English poll.

Verb

pollen

1. (computing) to poll, to periodically check the status of a device or variable.

Inflection

Etymology 3

Noun

pollen

1. plural of pol

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

pollen

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pollen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.lɛn/

• Audio

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Noun

pollen m (plural pollens)

1. pollen

Derived terms

• pollinique
• polliniser
  • pollinisateur

See also

• palynologie
• palynologique
• palynologue

Further reading

• “pollen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

German

Verb

pollen (weak, third-person singular present pollt, past tense pollte, past participle gepollt, auxiliary haben)

1. (computing) to poll, to periodically check the status of a device or variable.

Conjugation

Latin

Alternative forms

• pollis

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare with pulvis and Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal”, “any fine dust”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.len/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.len/,

Noun

pollen n (genitive pollinis); third declension

1. (literally) flour, especially fine flour, milldust
2. (transferred sense) the (very) fine powder or dust of other things

   pollen piperis

   ground pepper

   pollen tūris

   incense powder

   aliquid in pollen tundere

   to grind something into powder

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Synonyms

• (transferred sense: fine powder or dust): pulvis

Derived terms

Descendants

• Italian: polline
• Neapolitan: ponila (Taranto), ponnula (Lecce)
• Sardinian: poddine, poddini
• → Catalan: pol·len
• → English: pollen
• → French: pollen
• → German: Pollen
• → Portuguese: pólen
• → Romanian: polen
• → Spanish: polen

References

• “pollen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pollen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pollĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,195/1.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pollen”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 131
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “pŏllen”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 497

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

pollen

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Latin pollen.

Noun

pollen n (definite singular pollenet)

1. (botany) pollen

Related terms

• pollinere
• pollinering

References

• “pollen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔlːn̩/

Etymology 1

From Latin pollen.

Noun

pollen n (definite singular pollenet)

1. (botany) pollen

Related terms

• pollinere
• pollinering

Etymology 2

Noun

pollen m

1. definite singular of poll

References

• “pollen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

pollen n (uncountable)

1. (botany) pollen

Declension

Derived terms

• pollenallergi (“pollen allergy”)
• pollenallergiker (“someone allergic to pollen”)

Related terms

• pollinera

References

• pollen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pollen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pollen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)