columbine

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈlʌm.baɪn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn/
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• General-American: /kəˈlʌm.baɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑləmˌbaɪn/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 L AH0 M B AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English columbyne, from Old French columbin (French colombin), from Latin columbinus, from columba (“dove, pigeon”).

From columbine.

From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons.

From the school shooting that occurred at Columbine High School in 1999.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: гълъбов (gǎlǎbov) — pertaining to doves or pigeons
• Chinese Mandarin: 鴿的 /鸽的 (gē de) — pertaining to doves or pigeons
• Chinese Mandarin: 鴿似的 /鸽似的 (gē shìde) — pertaining to doves or pigeons
• Chinese Mandarin: 鴿色的 /鸽色的 (gē sè de) — pertaining to doves or pigeons
• Esperanto: kolomba — pertaining to doves or pigeons
• Finnish: kyyhkys- — pertaining to doves or pigeons
• Russian: голуби́ный (golubínyj) — pertaining to doves or pigeons
• Volapük: pijunik — pertaining to doves or pigeons
• Albanian: kanilqyqe — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Armenian: ջրընկալ (ǰrənkal) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Basque: kuku-belarra — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Belarusian: вадазбо́р (vadazbór) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Belarusian: о́рлик (órlik) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Breton: beskenn-an-Itron-Varia — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Bulgarian: кандилка (kandilka) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Catalan: corniol — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Chinese Mandarin: 耬斗菜 /耧斗菜 (lóudǒucài) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Czech: orlíček — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Danish: akeleje — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Dutch: akelei — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Esperanto: akvilegio — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Estonian: kurekell — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Faroese: akkuleya — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Finnish: akileija — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• French: ancolie — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Saterland Frisian: klokkebloume — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Galician: arreitó — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Galician: paxariños — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Georgian: წყალიკრეფია (c̣q̇aliḳrepia) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• German: Akelei — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Greek: ακουιλέγκια (akouilégkia) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Hungarian: harangláb — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Hungarian: sasfű — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Icelandic: vatnsberi — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Icelandic: vatnsberar — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Ido: aquilegio — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Irish: colaimbín — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Italian: colombina — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Italian: aquilegia — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Japanese: 苧環 (odamaki) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Japanese: オダマキ (odamaki) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Kashubian: kukùlëca — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Korean: 매발톱꽃 (maebaltopkkot) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Latin: aquilegia — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Latvian: ozolīte — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Lithuanian: sinavadas — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Macedonian: кандилка (kandilka) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Manx: lus y chalmane — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Manx: lus yn ushtey vio — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Norwegian Bokmål: akeleie — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Occitan: corniol — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Polish: orlik — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Portuguese: aquilégia — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Romanian: căldărușă — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Russian: водосбо́р (vodosbór) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Scottish Gaelic: lus a' chlamain — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Serbo-Croatian: kandilka — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Serbo-Croatian: pakujac — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Slovak: orlíček — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Slovene: orlica — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Upper Sorbian: akelaja — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Spanish: colombina — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Spanish: aguileña — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Swedish: akleja — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Turkish: hasekiküpesi — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Ukrainian: водозбі́р (vodozbír) — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Umatilla: lɨlɨ́klɨlɨk — any plant of the genus Aquilegia
• Welsh: troed-y-golomen — any plant of the genus Aquilegia