noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈsɪkləmən/
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CMU ARPABET:S AY1 K L AH0 M EH2 N
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of various primulaceous flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sowbread
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A purplish-red colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Cyclamen purpurascens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flower
History
Etymology
Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
burth
— A type of plant
Arabic:
see Thesaurus:بخور مريم
— A type of plant
Aramaic:
ܥܲܪܛܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ
(ʿarṭānīṯā)
— A type of plant
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic:
רקפתא
(/*raqəp̄tā/)
— A type of plant
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic:
עַרְטָנִיתָא
(ʿarṭānīṯā)
— A type of plant
Armenian:
արջտակ
(arǰtak)
— A type of plant
Azerbaijani:
iran meşənovruzu
— A type of plant
Belarusian:
альпі́йская фія́лка
(alʹpíjskaja fijálka)
— A type of plant
Belarusian:
цыкламе́н
(cyklamjén)
— A type of plant
Bulgarian:
циклама
(ciklama)
— A type of plant
Catalan:
ciclamen
— A type of plant
Catalan:
artanita
— A type of plant
Chinese Mandarin:
仙客來 /仙客来
(xiānkèlái)
— A type of plant
Chinese Mandarin:
一品冠
(yīpǐguān)
— A type of plant
Czech:
brambořík
— A type of plant
Danish:
alpeviol
— A type of plant
Dutch:
cyclaam
— A type of plant
French:
cyclamen
— A type of plant
French:
artanite
— A type of plant
Georgian:
ყოჩივარდა
(q̇očivarda)
— A type of plant
German:
Alpenveilchen
— A type of plant
German:
Erdscheibe
— A type of plant
German:
Erdbrot
— A type of plant
German:
Schweinsbrot
— A type of plant
German:
Saubrot
— A type of plant
Greek:
κυκλάμινο
(kyklámino)
— A type of plant
Ancient Greek:
κυκλάμινος
(kukláminos)
— A type of plant
Ancient Greek:
στρουθίον
(strouthíon)
— A type of plant
Hebrew:
רַקֶּפֶת
(raqéfeṯ)
— A type of plant
Hungarian:
ciklámen
— A type of plant
Irish:
ciclimin
— A type of plant
Italian:
ciclamino
— A type of plant
Italian:
artanita
— A type of plant
Japanese:
シクラメン
(shikuramen)
— A type of plant
Japanese:
篝火草
(kagaribisō)
— A type of plant
Japanese:
豚の饅頭
(buta no manjū)
— A type of plant
Korean:
시클라멘
(sikeullamen)
— A type of plant
Latin:
cyclamen
— A type of plant
Latin:
cyclamīnos
— A type of plant
Macedonian:
цикла́ма
(cikláma)
— A type of plant
Malayalam:
സൈക്ലാമെൻ പെർസികം
(saiklāmeṉ peṟsikaṁ)
— A type of plant
Mingrelian:
ტკვარჩელია
(ṭḳvarčelia)
— A type of plant
Mòcheno:
ciclamin
— A type of plant
Persian:
نگونسار ایرانی
— A type of plant
Polish:
cyklamen
— A type of plant
Portuguese:
cíclame
— A type of plant
Portuguese:
ciclame
— A type of plant
Romanian:
ciclamă
— A type of plant
Russian:
цикламе́н
(ciklamén)
— A type of plant
Serbo-Croatian:
ciklama
— A type of plant
Serbo-Croatian:
klobučac
— A type of plant
Serbo-Croatian:
križalina
— A type of plant
Serbo-Croatian:
skrižalina
— A type of plant
Serbo-Croatian:
miholjica
— A type of plant
Slovak:
cyklámen
— A type of plant
Spanish:
ciclamen
— A type of plant
Spanish:
violeta persa
— A type of plant
Spanish:
violeta de los Alpes
— A type of plant
Spanish:
ciclamino
— A type of plant
Spanish:
pamporcino
— A type of plant
Spanish:
artanita
— A type of plant
Swedish:
cyklamen
— A type of plant
Turkish:
siklamen
— A type of plant
Turkish:
yersomunu
— A type of plant
Turkish:
tavşankulağı
— A type of plant
Ottoman Turkish:
طوكوز اكمكی
(doñuz ekmeği)
— A type of plant
