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English
Noun
pollens
- plural of pollen
2005, Dr. O. P. Jaggi, Asthma And Allergies: Causes, Prevention And Treatment, →ISBN, page 24:Different asthma patients are allergic to different pollens; some only to one pollen but most of them to more than one.
French
Noun
pollens ?
- plural of pollen
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of polleō (“I am strong”)
Participle
pollēns (genitive pollentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- able, being strong; mighty, powerful
- Arma pollentia ― the mighty soldiers
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “pollens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pollens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pollens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Swedish
Noun
pollens
- indefinite genitive singular of pollen