holly

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The wood from this tree.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Any of several not closely related plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

Έννοιες

ίλεξ

αρκουδοπούρναρο

πρίνος

λιόπρινο

ίληξ

πρινάρι

πουρνάρι

Συνώνυμα

Ilex aquifolium

juneberry holly

largeleaf holly

smooth winterberry holly

Chinese ilex

Dong celadon

Aquifoliaceae

Μεταφράσεις

Συχνότητα

B2
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈhɒli/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English holly, holi, holie, a shortened variation of holin, holyn (> English dialectal hollen, holm), from Old English holeġn, holen (“holly; prince, protector”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulis (“holly”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognates Cognate with Scots holin, hollin, holyn (“holly”), Dutch hulst (“holly”), German Hulst (“holly”), French houx ("holly" < Germanic), Danish hylver (“holly”), Welsh celyn (“holly”), Russian ко́лос (kólos, “ear of wheat”), Albanian kalli (“straw, chaff”), Latin culmus (“stalk, stem”), Sanskrit कटम्ब (kaṭamba, “arrow”), Old Church Slavonic класъ (klasŭ, “ear of grain”).

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