glaucous
English
/ˈɡlɔː.kəs/, /ˈɡlɑ.kəs/
adj
Definitions
- (color) Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
- (botany) Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin glaucus (bright, sparkling, gleaming) derived from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (blue-grey, blue-green, gleaming, grey, light blue, clear, grayish).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γλαυκός
Gloss
blue-grey, blue-green, gleaming, grey, light blue, clear, grayish
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- glaucously English
- glaucousness English
- glaucus English
- nonglaucous English
- nonglaucousness English
- subglaucous English
- uroglaucin English
- *glaucellus Latin
- glaucus Latin
- subglaucus Latin
- glauque French
- Γλαύκων Ancient Greek
- γλαυκός Ancient Greek
- γλαυκῶπις Ancient Greek
- γλαύκινος Ancient Greek
- γλαύκιον Ancient Greek
- ὑπόγλαυκος Ancient Greek
- *gleh₂w-ko- Proto-Indo-European
- لاق Arabic