iris
Norwegian Nynorsk
noun-m1
Definitions
- (plant) an iris flower
- (anatomy) an iris part of the eye
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἶρις (rainbow, iris).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἶρις
Gloss
rainbow, iris
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
虹
Emoji
🌈 🦄
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- iridium English
- irisoida Finnish
- iridium Latin
- iris Latin
- īris Latin
- ири́дий Russian
- ἴρινος Ancient Greek
- ἶρις Ancient Greek
- *weh₁i-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wey-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- iridium Norwegian Bokmål
- iris Norwegian Bokmål
- iridium Norwegian Nynorsk
- ireas Irish
- ίρις Greek (modern)
- iris Middle French