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houseleek

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈhaʊsliːk/
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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English houslek, probably from Old English *hūslēac, from Proto-West Germanic *hūsalauk. Cognate with Dutch huislook, German Hauslauch, Danish husløg, Swedish huslök. By surface analysis, house + leek.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَيّ الْعَالَم (ḥayy al-ʕālam) — Sempervivum
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: חַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא (ḥayyā lə-ʿāləmā) — Sempervivum
  • Bulgarian: дебелец (debelec) — Sempervivum
  • Bulgarian: ушно биле (ušno bile) — Sempervivum
  • Danish: husløg — Sempervivum
  • Dutch: huislook — Sempervivum
  • Faroese: tekjuleykur — Sempervivum
  • Finnish: mehitähti — Sempervivum
  • French: joubarbe — Sempervivum
  • Galician: herba tioura — Sempervivum
  • Galician: herba punteira — Sempervivum
  • German: Hauswurz — Sempervivum
  • Ancient Greek: ἀείζωον (aeízōon) — Sempervivum
  • Hebrew: חַי הָעוֹלָם (ḥay hā-ʿōlā́m) — Sempervivum
  • Hebrew: חַי לְעוֹלָם (ḥay lə-ʿōlā́m) — Sempervivum
  • Hungarian: kövirózsa — Sempervivum
  • Irish: buachaill tí — Sempervivum
  • Ladino: siemprebive — Sempervivum
  • Latin: aesum — Sempervivum
  • Latin: sempervīvum — Sempervivum
  • Latin: stergethron — Sempervivum
  • Macedonian: чува́ркуќа (čuvárkuḱa) — Sempervivum
  • Macedonian: пазикуќа (pazikuḱa) — Sempervivum
  • Norman: jombarbe — Sempervivum
  • Polish: rojnik — Sempervivum
  • Portuguese: sempre-viva — Sempervivum
  • Romanian: borșișor — Sempervivum
  • Russian: молоди́ло (molodílo) — Sempervivum
  • Russian: живу́чка (živúčka) — Sempervivum
  • Russian: ка́менная ро́за (kámennaja róza) — Sempervivum
  • Serbo-Croatian: čuvàrkuća — Sempervivum
  • Serbo-Croatian: čuvàrkuća — Sempervivum
  • Slovene: netrêsk — Sempervivum
  • Spanish: siempreviva — Sempervivum
  • Swedish: taklök — Sempervivum
  • Ottoman Turkish: قولاق اوتی (kulak otu) — Sempervivum
  • Welsh: llysiau pen tai — Sempervivum