thistle

(Inglês)

1. Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
2. This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
3. An image of this plant used as a charge.
4. The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/θɪsl̩/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: thistel

Herdado de inglês arcaico: þistel

Cognato com inglês: stick

Cognato com scots: thrissel

Cognato com alemão: Distel

Cognato com holandês: distel

Cognato com islandês: þistill

In summary

From Middle English thistel, from Old English þistel, from Proto-West Germanic *þistil, from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz. *þīh- from *teyg-, which is a variant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to prick”); from this same Proto-Indo-European root comes English stick.
Cognates include Scots thrissel, German Distel, Dutch distel, and Old Norse and Icelandic þistill.

Conceitos

cardo

Sinônimos

thorn

thorny plant

Carduus

prickle

spine

sticker

thisle

prickly plant

Onopordum

large-leaved

wild cabbage

bramble

radix cirsii jeponici

brier

bristle

Traduções

cardo

Distel

cardo

chardon

distel

oset

card

carduus

γαϊδουράγκαθο

Carduus

devedikeni

abrojo

Onopordum acanthium

Spanische Artischocke

Kardone