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larkspur

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈlɑɹk.spɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L AA1 R K S P ER2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A place in Canada:

A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.

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Meaning 2

A place in Canada:

A summer village in Westlock County, Alberta.

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name

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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
  • Ido: delfinelo — Delphinium
  • Italian: speronella — Delphinium
  • Italian: delfinio — Delphinium
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ridderspore — Delphinium
  • Polish: ostróżka — Delphinium
  • Romanian: nemțișor — Delphinium
  • Russian: жи́вокость (žívokostʹ) — Delphinium
  • Serbo-Croatian: коко̀тић — Delphinium
  • Serbo-Croatian: kokòtić — Delphinium
  • Spanish: espuela de caballero — Delphinium
  • Spanish: delfinio — Delphinium
  • Turkish: saray çiçeği — Delphinium
  • Turkish: hezaren — Delphinium
  • Ottoman Turkish: هزارن (hezaren) — Delphinium