gentian

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• General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɛnt͡ʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnt͡ʃn̩/
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• rhymes with -ɛnʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 N SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Via Middle English from Latin gentiāna, which, according to Pliny the Elder, was named after Gentius (Ancient Greek Γένθιος (Génthios)), the last king of Illyria, who supposedly discovered the plant's medicinal benefits. This has been dismissed as folk etymology but the word may still ultimately be of Illyrian origin, as -an is a common suffix in Illyrian words.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sanëz — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Albanian: agnushe — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Arabic: جَنْطِيَانَا (janṭiyānā) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Arabic: كُوشَاد (kūšād) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Aramaic: ܓܶܢܛܝܢܳܐ (genṭyānā) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Asturian: xaranzana — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Asturian: xanzana — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Bulgarian: тинтя́ва (tintjáva) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Bulgarian: тентя́ва (tentjáva) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Catalan: genciana — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Chinese Mandarin: 龍膽科 /龙胆科 (lóngdǎn kē) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Czech: hořec — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Dutch: gentiaan — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Esperanto: genciano — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Finnish: katkero — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• French: gentiane — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• German: Enzian — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Greek: γεντιακή (gentiakí) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Ancient Greek: γεντιανή (gentianḗ) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Ido: genciano — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Irish: ceadharlach — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Irish: lus an chrúbáin — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Italian: genziana — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Latin: gentiāna — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Macedonian: сириштарка (sirištarka) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Mòcheno: sklopper — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Old English: feldwyrt — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Persian: کوشاد (kušâd) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Persian: جنطیانا (jantiyânâ) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Polish: gencjana — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Polish: goryczka — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Portuguese: genciana — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Quechua: phallcha — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Romanian: gențiană — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Russian: гореча́вка (gorečávka) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Serbo-Croatian: сирѝштара — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Serbo-Croatian: генција́на — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Serbo-Croatian: срча̀нӣк — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Serbo-Croatian: лѝнцура — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Serbo-Croatian: sirìštara — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Serbo-Croatian: gencijána — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Serbo-Croatian: srčànīk — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Serbo-Croatian: lìncura — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Spanish: genciana — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Tibetan: ཀྱི་ལྕེ་ནག་པོ (kyi lce nag po) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Tibetan: སྤང་རྒྱན (spang rgyan) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Turkish: centiyana — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Turkish: yılan otu — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Ottoman Turkish: جنتیانه (centiyane) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Ottoman Turkish: ییلان اوتی (yılan otu) — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Welsh: crwynllys — Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae
• Arabic: جَنْطِيَانَا (janṭiyānā) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Arabic: كُوشَاد (kūšād) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Aramaic: ܓܶܢܛܝܢܳܐ (genṭyānā) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Asturian: xaranzana — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Asturian: xanzana — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Bulgarian: тинтя́ва (tintjáva) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Bulgarian: тентя́ва (tentjáva) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Catalan: genciana — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Esperanto: genciano — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Finnish: keltakatkeron juuri — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• French: gentiane — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• German: Enzian — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Greek: γεντιακή (gentiakí) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Ancient Greek: γεντιανή (gentianḗ) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Italian: genziana — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Latin: gentiāna — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Persian: کوشاد (kušâd) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Persian: جنطیانا (jantiyânâ) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Polish: gencjana — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Polish: goryczka — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Portuguese: genciana — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Romanian: gențiană — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Russian: гореча́вка (gorečávka) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Serbo-Croatian: сирѝштара — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Serbo-Croatian: генција́на — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Serbo-Croatian: лѝнцура — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Serbo-Croatian: sirìštara — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Serbo-Croatian: gencijána — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Serbo-Croatian: lìncura — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Spanish: genciana — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Turkish: centiyana — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Turkish: yılan otu — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Ottoman Turkish: جنطیانا (centiyana) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian
• Ottoman Turkish: ییلان اوتی (yılan otu) — The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian