tornasole

Meaning

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

Concepts

litmus

litmus test

Synonyms

laccamuffa

Translations

tornasol

tournesol

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Lackmus

tornassol

lakmoes

teinture de tournesol

turnusol

lackmus

lackmoïde

bleu de tournesol

lacmoïde

lacmus

Hyphenated as

tor‧na‧só‧le

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tor.naˈso.le/

Etymology

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.