tornasole

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (archaic, countable, dialectal, masculine, uncountable) sunflower
2. (countable, masculine, uncountable) turnsole, giradol (Chrozophora tinctoria)
3. (masculine, uncountable) litmus (substance)

Sinonieme

laccamuffa

Vertalings

litmus

tornasol

tournesol

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Lackmus

teinture de tournesol

lakmoes

tornassol

turnusol

lackmus

litmus test

lackmoïde

bleu de tournesol

lacmoïde

lacmus

Gekoppel as

tor‧na‧só‧le

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/tor.naˈso.le/

Etimologie (Engels)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.
Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor.
Latin tornus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin tornō
Italian tornare
Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥
Latin sōl
Italian Sole
Italian tornasole
Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to turn”) + Sole (“Sun”). Compare modern Italian girasole.
Sense 2 originated from litmus originally being taken from said plant. Compare French tournesol and Spanish tornasol.