petal

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
2. (euphemistic, familiar) The labia (majora).
3. Term of endearment.
4. A lobe of a rose (geometric shape).

Verb

To spread out from, like the petals of a flower

Έννοιες

πέταλο

πέταλο άνθους

πέταλο λουλουδιού

ανθόφυλλο

Συνώνυμα

flower petal

leaf

corolla

flower

🌸

horseshoe

bloom

lobe

shoe

👞

valve

floral leaf

valvula

clack

blossom

🌼

flake

Μεταφράσεις

pétale

pétalo

Blütenblatt

petalo

pétala

kroonblad

bloemblad

pètal

Kronblatt

Blatt

Blumenblatt

bloemblaadje

fleurs

-blätter

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈpɛtl̩/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Λατινικά: pandō

Συγγενές με Αγγλικά: fathom

In summary

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pandō and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).