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A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid.
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Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.
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(Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo
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Broader terms: nymph
any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: garland flower, Daphne cneorum, spurge laurel, wood laurel, Daphne laureola, mezereon, February daphne, Daphne mezereum
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).
From translingual Daphne, from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).
Across languages
Translations 56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
دافني
— mythological dryad
Catalan :
Dafne
— mythological dryad
Czech :
Dafné
— mythological dryad
Esperanto :
Dafno
— mythological dryad
French :
Daphné
— mythological dryad
Greek :
Δάφνη
(Dáfni)
— mythological dryad
Ancient Greek :
Δάφνη
(Dáphnē)
— mythological dryad
Irish :
Dafnae
— mythological dryad
Italian :
Dafne
— mythological dryad
Japanese :
ダプネー
(Dapunē)
— mythological dryad
Korean :
다프네
(Dapeune)
— mythological dryad
Latin :
Daphnē
— mythological dryad
Polish :
Dafne
— mythological dryad
Portuguese :
Dafne
— mythological dryad
Russian :
Да́фна
(Dáfna)
— mythological dryad
Spanish :
Dafne
— mythological dryad
Turkish :
Dafni
— mythological dryad
Ukrainian :
Да́фна
(Dáfna)
— mythological dryad
Chinese Mandarin :
桂神星
(Guìshénxīng)
— Asteroid
Polish :
Dafne
— Asteroid
Chinese Mandarin :
達夫妮 /达夫妮
(Dáfūní)
— female given name
French :
Daphné
— female given name
Greek :
Δάφνη
(Dáfni)
— female given name
Hebrew :
דַּפְנָה
(Dafná)
— female given name
Italian :
Dafne
— female given name
Polish :
Dafne
— female given name
Portuguese :
Dafne
— female given name
Portuguese :
Daphne
— female given name
Turkish :
Defne
— female given name
Bulgarian :
бясно дърво
(bjasno dǎrvo)
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Bulgarian :
вълче лико
(vǎlče liko)
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Czech :
lýkovec
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Finnish :
näsiä
— shrub in the genus Daphne
French :
garou
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Georgian :
მაჯაღვერი
(maǯaɣveri)
— shrub in the genus Daphne
German :
Seidelbast
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Hungarian :
boroszlán
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Indonesian :
dafnah
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Latin :
citocacia
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Māori :
pinātoro
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Māori :
toroheke
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Māori :
autetauranga
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Polish :
wawrzynek
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Portuguese :
dafne
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Romanian :
iederă albă
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Russian :
во́лчий пе́рец
(vólčij pérec)
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Russian :
во́лчье лы́ко
(vólčʹje lýko)
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Russian :
во́лчий я́годник
(vólčij jágodnik)
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Russian :
волчея́годник
(volčejágodnik)
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Serbo-Croatian :
ли̏ковац
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Serbo-Croatian :
lȉkovac
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Slovak :
lykovec
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Slovene :
volčína
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Slovene :
volčín
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Swedish :
tibast
— shrub in the genus Daphne
Vietnamese :
thụy hương
— shrub in the genus Daphne
