heliotrope

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhiː.li.ə.tɹəʊp/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛ-/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-lɪ.əʊ-/
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• General-American: /ˈhi.li.əˌtɹoʊp/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH IY1 L IY0 AH0 T R OW2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *sóh2wl̥ The noun is borrowed from French héliotrope, from Latin hēliotropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”), from Ancient Greek ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (hēlĭotrópĭon, “European heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum); bloodstone; solar clock, sundial”), from ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh2wl̥ (“the sun”)) + τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”) (from τρέπω (trépō, “to rotate; to turn”) (from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns from verbs)) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix forming nouns). By surface analysis, helio- + -trope. The French-derived spelling displaced Middle English elitrope, eliotropius, elitropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”) [and other forms], from Old English eliotropus, from Latin hēliotropium (see above); and Old English siġelhweorfa, sōlsece, and sunnfolgend (“heliotrope flower”). Noun sense 6 (“synonym of bloodstone”) is from the fact that a piece of the mineral placed in water is said to change the sun’s rays to a blood-red colour: see the 1601 quotation. The adjective is probably derived from the noun.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: heliotroopin värinen — of a light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Polish: jasnofioletowy — of a light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Albanian: dielldridhës — plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun
• Catalan: heliotropi — plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun
• Finnish: heliotrooppi — plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun
• Greek: ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio) — plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun
• Ancient Greek: ἡλιοτρόπιον (hēliotrópion) — plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun
• Irish: plúr na gréine — plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun
• Latin: hēliotropium — plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun
• Polish: heliotrop — plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun
• Portuguese: heliotrópio — plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun
• Arabic: رَقِيب الشَّمْسِ (raqīb aš-šamsi) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Arabic: غُبَيْرَاء (ḡubayrāʔ) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Armenian: արեւադարձ (arewadarj) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Bulgarian: подсу́нка (podsúnka) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Chinese Cantonese: 天芥菜 (tin1 gaai3 coi3) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Chinese Mandarin: 天芥菜 (tiānjiècài) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Danish: heliotrop — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Dutch: heliotroop — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Esperanto: heliotropo — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Finnish: heliotrooppi — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• French: héliotrope — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Georgian: ჰელიოტროპი (helioṭroṗi) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• German: Sonnenwende — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Greek: ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Ancient Greek: ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (hēlĭotrópĭon) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Hebrew: עֹקֶץ־עַקְרָב (ókets-akráv) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Hungarian: kunkor — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Ido: heliotropo — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Irish: plúr na gréine — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Italian: eliotropio — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Japanese: ヘリオトロープ (heriotorōbu) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Korean: 해꽃 (haekkot) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Kyrgyz: гелиотроп (geliotrop) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Latin: hēliotropium — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Latvian: heliotrops — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Lithuanian: heliotropas — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Persian: آفتابپرست (âftâb-parast) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Polish: heliotrop — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Polish: tomiłek — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Portuguese: heliotropo — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Romanian: heliotrop — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Russian: гелиотро́п (geliotróp) — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Serbo-Croatian: bradavka — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Upper Sorbian: wobrotnička — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Spanish: heliotropo — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Swedish: heliotrop — plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium
• Danish: heliotrop — Heliotropium arborescens
• Esperanto: heliotropo — Heliotropium arborescens
• Estonian: harilik heliotroop — Heliotropium arborescens
• Finnish: tuoksuheliotrooppi — Heliotropium arborescens
• Georgian: ჰელიოტროპი (helioṭroṗi) — Heliotropium arborescens
• German: Heliotrop — Heliotropium arborescens
• German: Sonnenwende — Heliotropium arborescens
• German: Vanilleblume — Heliotropium arborescens
• Greek: ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio) — Heliotropium arborescens
• Ancient Greek: ἡλιοτρόπιον (hēliotrópion) — Heliotropium arborescens
• Italian: eliotropo — Heliotropium arborescens
• Japanese: ヘリオトロープ (heriotorōpu) — Heliotropium arborescens
• Latin: solago — Heliotropium arborescens
• Persian: روزگردک (ruzgardak) — Heliotropium arborescens
• Polish: heliotrop peruwiański — Heliotropium arborescens
• Polish: tomiłek peruwiański — Heliotropium arborescens
• Portuguese: heliotrópio — Heliotropium arborescens
• Portuguese: heliotropo — Heliotropium arborescens
• Russian: гелиотро́п (geliotróp) — Heliotropium arborescens
• Russian: солнцеворо́т (solncevorót) — Heliotropium arborescens
• Serbo-Croatian: су̀нчац — Heliotropium arborescens
• Serbo-Croatian: sùnčac — Heliotropium arborescens
• Swedish: heliotrop — Heliotropium arborescens
• Vietnamese: vòi voi vani — Heliotropium arborescens
• Welsh: heliotrop — Heliotropium arborescens
• Welsh: heuldro — Heliotropium arborescens
• Finnish: heliotroopin tuoksu — fragrance of Heliotropium arborescens flowers; scent resembling this fragrance
• Finnish: heliotrooppi — fragrance of Heliotropium arborescens flowers; scent resembling this fragrance
• Polish: zapach heliotropu — fragrance of Heliotropium arborescens flowers; scent resembling this fragrance
• Bulgarian: светловиолетов (svetlovioletov) — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Finnish: sinivioletti — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• German: Heliotrop — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• German: Blauviolett — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Italian: eliotropo — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Japanese: ヘリオトロープ (heriotorōbu) — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Japanese: 薄紫 (usumurasaki) — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Macedonian: светловиоле́тов (svetloviolétov) — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Polish: kolor jasnofioletowy — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Portuguese: púrpura-rosado — light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers
• Finnish: heliotrooppi — instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation
• Japanese: ヘリオトロープ (heriotorōbu) — instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation
• Japanese: 回光器 (ekōki) — instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation
• Japanese: 回照器 (kaishōki) — instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation
• Polish: heliotrop — instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation
• Danish: heliotrop — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Esperanto: heliotropo — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Finnish: heliotrooppi — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• French: héliotrope — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Ancient Greek: ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (hēlĭotrópĭon) — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Italian: eliotropio — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Japanese: ヘリオトロープ (heriotorōbu) — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Latin: hēliotropium — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Macedonian: хелиотро́п (heliotróp) — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Polish: heliotrop — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Portuguese: heliotropo — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Portuguese: heliotrópio — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Romanian: heliotrop — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Russian: гелиотро́п (geliotróp) — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Spanish: heliotropo — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Swedish: heliotrop — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone
• Ukrainian: геліотро́п (heliotróp) — synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone