noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/
Received-Pronunciation:/fəˈɡɛt.miːˌnɒt/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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5
noun
Meaning 5
small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mouse ear, Myosotis scorpiodes
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
History
Etymology
Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
lule mosmëharro
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Arabic:
أُذْن الفَأْر
(ʔuḏn al-faʔr)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Armenian:
անմոռուկ
(anmoṙuk)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Azerbaijani:
yaddaşçiçəyi
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Basque:
oroilore
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Belarusian:
незабу́дка
(njezabúdka)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Breton:
daoulagad-ar-werc'hez
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Bulgarian:
незабравка
(nezabravka)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Catalan:
nomoblidis
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Chinese Mandarin:
勿忘草
(wùwàngcǎo)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Chinese Mandarin:
勿忘我
(wùwàngwǒ)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
East Circassian:
кърухугу
(qruxwugwu)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Czech:
pomněnka
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Danish:
forglemmigej
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Dutch:
vergeet-mij-niet
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Esperanto:
neforgesumino
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Esperanto:
miozoto
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Estonian:
lõosilm
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Estonian:
meelespea
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Faroese:
gloymmegei
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Faroese:
hoylús
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Finnish:
lemmikki
— plant of the genus Myosotis
French:
ne-m'oubliez-pas
— plant of the genus Myosotis
French:
myosotis
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Saterland Frisian:
Ferjätmienit
— plant of the genus Myosotis
West-Frisian:
ferjit-my-net
— plant of the genus Myosotis
West-Frisian:
forjit my net
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Galician:
nonmesquezas
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Georgian:
კესანე
(ḳesane)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Georgian:
ცისანა
(cisana)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
German:
Vergissmeinnicht
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Greek:
μη με λησμόνει
(mi me lismónei)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Hungarian:
nefelejcs
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Icelandic:
gleym-mér-ei
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Irish:
lus míonla
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Italian:
nontiscordardimé
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Italian:
miosotide
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Japanese:
勿忘草
(wasurenagusa)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Kashubian:
niezabôtka
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Kazakh:
ботакөз
(botaköz)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Korean:
물망초
(mulmangcho)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Latin:
myosotis
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Latvian:
neaizmirstule
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Lithuanian:
neužmirštuõlė
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Norwegian Bokmål:
forglemmegei
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Norwegian Nynorsk:
minneblom
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Norwegian Nynorsk:
forgløymmegei
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Ossetian:
ма-рох-кӕн
(ma-rox-kæn)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Polish:
niezapominajka
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Polish:
niezabudka
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Portuguese:
não-me-esqueças
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Portuguese:
miosótis
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Romanian:
nu-mă-uita
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Romanian:
miozotis
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Russian:
незабу́дка
(nezabúdka)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Serbo-Croatian:
незаборавак
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Serbo-Croatian:
nezaboravak
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Silesian:
żabiłoczko
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Slovak:
nezábudka
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Slovene:
spominčica
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Upper Sorbian:
njezapomničak
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Spanish:
nomeolvides
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Swedish:
förgätmigej
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Tatar:
күгəрчен күзе
(kügərçen küze)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Turkish:
unutmabeni
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Ottoman Turkish:
صیچان قولاغی
(sıçan kulağı)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Ukrainian:
незабу́дка
(nezabúdka)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Ukrainian:
люби-мене
(ljuby-mene)
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Vietnamese:
lưu ly
— plant of the genus Myosotis
Welsh:
nâd-fi'n angof
— plant of the genus Myosotis
