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edelweiss

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈeɪdəlvaɪs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: EY1 D AH0 L V AY2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Leontopodium alpinum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wildflower, wild flower

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Edelweiß, from edel (“noble”) + weiß (“white”).

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِيدِلْفَايْس (ʔīdilfāys) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Azerbaijani: edelveys — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Basque: elur-lore — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Catalan: flor de neu — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雪絨花 /雪绒花 (xuěrónghuā) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Czech: protěž — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Czech: protěž alpská — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Czech: plesnivec alpský — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Danish: edelweiss — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Finnish: alppitähti — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Finnish: edelweiss — Leontopodium alpinum
  • French: edelweiss — Leontopodium alpinum
  • French: étoile d'argent — Leontopodium alpinum
  • German: Edelweiß — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Greek: εντελβάις (entelváis) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Ancient Greek: λεοντοπόδιον (leontopódion) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Hungarian: gyopár — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Ido: edelweiss — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Italian: stella alpina — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Japanese: エーデルワイス (ēderuwaisu) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Japanese: 西洋薄雪草 (seiyōusuyukisō) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Kazakh: еңлікгүл (eñlıkgül) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Korean: 에델바이스 (edelbaiseu) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Māori: niniao — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Mòcheno: edelbais — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Polish: szarotka alpejska — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Romanian: floare-de-colț — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Romanian: edelvais — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Romanian: albumeală — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Romansh: stailalva alpina — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Russian: эдельве́йс (edelʹvéjs) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Serbo-Croatian: рунолист — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Serbo-Croatian: runolist — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Serbo-Croatian: планинка — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Serbo-Croatian: planinka — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Slovene: planika — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Slovene: očnica — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Slovak: plesnivec alpínsky — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Spanish: flor de las nieves — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Tagalog: bungang-niyebe — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Turkish: edelweiss — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Turkish: aslanayağı — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Ukrainian: білотка альпійська (bilotka alʹpijsʹka) — Leontopodium alpinum
  • Welsh: troed y llew — Leontopodium alpinum