name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈlɑɹk.spɚ/
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CMU ARPABET:L AA1 R K S P ER2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Meaning 1
A place in Canada:
A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 2
A place in Canada:
A summer village in Westlock County, Alberta.
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Meaning 3
A place in the United States:
A city in Marin County, California.
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Meaning 4
A place in the United States:
A home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, named for the presence of larkspur.
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Meaning 5
A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Virginia Beach, Virginia, named for the larkspur.
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noun
Meaning 6
A delphinium: any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: delphinium
History
Etymology
From lark + spur, so named for the spur's shape, which resembles the hind toe of a lark.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Ahtna:
sulyae
— Delphinium
Arabic:
عَائِق
(ʕāʔiq)
— Delphinium
Bulgarian:
ра́лица
(rálica)
— Delphinium
Catalan:
esperó de cavaller
— Delphinium
Czech:
stračka
— Delphinium
Danish:
ridderspore
— Delphinium
Dutch:
ridderspoor
— Delphinium
Finnish:
ritarinkannus
— Delphinium
French:
pied d’alouette
— Delphinium
French:
dauphinelle
— Delphinium
French:
delphinium
— Delphinium
German:
Rittersporn
— Delphinium
Greek:
δελφίνιο
(delfínio)
— Delphinium
Ancient Greek:
δελφίνιον
(delphínion)
— Delphinium