willow

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
2. (countable, uncountable) The wood of these trees.
3. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A cricket bat.
4. (countable, slang, uncountable) The baseball bat.
5. (countable, uncountable) A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.

Verb

1. (transitive) To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.
2. (intransitive) To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.

Conceptos

sauce

Salix

mimbrera

sauce llorón

clavellina

mimbrera oscura

salzmimbre

sarga colorada

sargatillo

sauce americano

sauce colorado

sauce gigante

sauce negro

sauce-alamo

mimbre

salicáceas

sarga

ahuejote

sauce blanco

Sinónimos

sallow

osier

willow tree

poplar

aspen

Salix

wicker

black willow

withe

Salicaceae

dried willows

red willow

swamp willow

willey

weeping willow

Traducciones

saule

Weide

salice

wilg

Salix sp.

ιτιά

salgueiro

Salix

صفصاف

salze

söğüt

salix

salcio

osier

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈwɪl.əʊ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: wilwe

Cognado con griego antiguo: ἑλίκη

Cognado con hitita: 𒌑𒂖𒆪

In summary

From Middle English wilwe, welew, variant of wilghe, from Old English welig, from Proto-West Germanic *wilig, from Proto-Germanic *wiligaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welik- (compare (Arcadian) Ancient Greek ἑλίκη (helíkē), Hittite 𒌑𒂖𒆪 (welku, “grass”)), from *wel- (“twist, turn”).