lilac

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• US: /ˈlaɪlɑk/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.? Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl) Classical Persian نِیل (nīl) Middle Persian 𐭪 (k /⁠-ak⁠/) Classical Persian ـَک (-ak) Classical Persian لِیلَک (līlak)bor. Arabic لِيلَك (līlak)bor. French lilacbor. English lilac From obsolete French lilac (now lilas), from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak).

From lilac.

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لَيْلَكِيّ (laylakiyy) — colour
• Azerbaijani: yasəmən — colour
• Catalan: lila — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 淡紫色的 — colour
• Dutch: lila — colour
• Estonian: lilla — colour
• Finnish: liila — colour
• Finnish: violetti — colour
• Georgian: იასამნისფერი (iasamnisperi) — colour
• German: lila — colour
• German: lilafarbig — colour
• German: zartlila — colour
• German: violett — colour
• German: fliederfarben — colour
• German: fliederfarbig — colour
• German: fliederblau — colour
• German: lilafarben — colour
• German: veilchenfarben — colour
• German: veilchenfarbig — colour
• German: veilchenblau — colour
• Hungarian: orgonalila — colour
• Hungarian: halványlila — colour
• Interlingua: lilac — colour
• Low German: lila — colour
• Low German: violett — colour
• Polish: liliowy — colour
• Portuguese: lilás — colour
• Quechua: sañi — colour
• Romanian: liliachiu — colour
• Romanian: lila — colour
• Romanian: violet — colour
• Russian: сире́невый (sirénevyj) — colour
• Scottish Gaelic: liath-chòrcra — colour
• Scottish Gaelic: liath-ghorm — colour
• Swedish: lila — colour
• Swedish: gredelin — colour
• Swedish: violett — colour
• Turkish: leylak rengi — colour
• Ukrainian: бузко́вий (buzkóvyj) — colour
• Albanian: jargavan — shrub
• Arabic: لَيْلَك (laylak) — shrub
• Armenian: եղրեւանի (eġrewani) — shrub
• Armenian: յասաման (yasaman) — shrub
• Azerbaijani: yasəmən — shrub
• Belarusian: бэз (bez) — shrub
• Bulgarian: лю́ляк (ljúljak) — shrub
• Catalan: lila — shrub
• Chinese Mandarin: 丁香 (dīngxiāng) — shrub
• Czech: šeřík — shrub
• Danish: syren — shrub
• Dutch: sering — shrub
• Dutch: seringen — shrub
• Finnish: syreeni — shrub
• French: lilas — shrub
• Georgian: იასამანი (iasamani) — shrub
• German: Flieder — shrub
• German: Fliederbusch — shrub
• German: Fliederbaum — shrub
• German: Fliederstrauch — shrub
• Greek: πασχαλιά (paschaliá) — shrub
• Hindi: बकायन (bakāyan) — shrub
• Hungarian: orgona — shrub
• Hungarian: orgonabokor — shrub
• Hungarian: orgonafa — shrub
• Icelandic: sýrena — shrub
• Italian: lillà — shrub
• Japanese: ライラック (rairakku) — shrub
• Japanese: リラ (rira) — shrub
• Japanese: 紫丁香花 (murasakihashidoi) — shrub
• Kazakh: бөртегүл (börtegül) — shrub
• Kazakh: мамыргүл (mamyrgül) — shrub
• Korean: 라일락 (raillak) — shrub
• Latgalian: beseņš — shrub
• Latgalian: beseni — shrub
• Latvian: ceriņš — shrub
• Latvian: ceriņi — shrub
• Lithuanian: alyva — shrub
• Macedonian: јоргован (jorgovan) — shrub
• Māori: rairaka — shrub
• Norwegian Bokmål: syrin — shrub
• Norwegian Nynorsk: syrin — shrub
• Persian: یاس شیروانی (yâs-e širvâni) — shrub
• Polish: lilak — shrub
• Polish: bez — shrub
• Portuguese: lilás — shrub
• Romanian: liliac — shrub
• Russian: сире́нь (sirénʹ) — shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: јоргован — shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: љи́љак — shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: jorgovan — shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: ljíljak — shrub
• Slovak: orgován — shrub
• Slovene: španski bezeg — shrub
• Spanish: lila — shrub
• Spanish: lilac — shrub
• Spanish: lilo — shrub
• Swedish: syren — shrub
• Swedish: syrenbuske — shrub
• Tagalog: lila — shrub
• Turkish: leylak — shrub
• Ukrainian: бузо́к (buzók) — shrub
• Urdu: بکاین (bakāyan) — shrub
• Volapük: süren — shrub
• Arabic: لَيْلَك (laylak) — flower
• Armenian: յասաման (yasaman) — flower
• Azerbaijani: yasəmən — flower
• Breton: lireu — flower
• Bulgarian: лю́ляк (ljúljak) — flower
• Catalan: lila — flower
• Chinese Mandarin: 丁香花 (dīngxiānghuā) — flower
• Chinese Mandarin: 紫丁香 (zǐdīngxiāng) — flower
• Cornish: leylak — flower
• Czech: šeřík — flower
• Danish: syren — flower
• Dutch: sering — flower
• Faroese: sírena — flower
• Finnish: syreeninkukka — flower
• French: lilas — flower
• West-Frisian: nageltsjebeam — flower
• Georgian: იასამანი (iasamani) — flower
• German: Flieder — flower
• German: Zartlila — flower
• German: Fliederblüte — flower
• Greek: πασχαλιά (paschaliá) — flower
• Hindi: बकायन (bakāyan) — flower
• Hungarian: orgona — flower
• Hungarian: orgonavirág — flower
• Italian: lillà — flower
• Japanese: ライラック (rairakku) — flower
• Korean: 라일락 (raillak) — flower
• Korean: 라이라크 (rairakeu) — flower
• Korean: 수수꽃다리 (susukkotdari) — flower
• Latvian: ceriņš — flower
• Latvian: ceriņi — flower
• Lithuanian: alyva — flower
• Low German: sireen — flower
• Manx: laylac — flower
• Māori: rairaka — flower
• Northern Sotho: perese — flower
• Persian: یاس شیروانی (yâs-e širvâni) — flower
• Polish: lilak — flower
• Polish: bez — flower
• Portuguese: lilás — flower
• Romanian: liliac — flower
• Russian: сире́нь (sirénʹ) — flower
• Serbo-Croatian: јоргован — flower
• Serbo-Croatian: jorgovan — flower
• Spanish: lila — flower
• Sranan Tongo: lila — flower
• Swedish: syren — flower
• Tagalog: lila — flower
• Tatar: шомырт (şomırt) — flower
• Turkish: leylak — flower
• Ukrainian: бузо́к (buzók) — flower
• Urdu: بکاین (bakāyan) — flower
• Azerbaijani: yasəməni — color
• Bulgarian: лю́ляков (ljúljakov) — color
• Bulgarian: лила́в (liláv) — color
• Catalan: lila — color
• Chinese Mandarin: 淡紫色 (dànzǐsè) — color
• Danish: lilla — color
• Dutch: lila — color
• Finnish: liila — color
• Finnish: violetti — color
• French: lilas — color
• Georgian: იასამნისფერი (iasamnisperi) — color
• German: Lila — color
• German: Violett — color
• Hungarian: orgonalila — color
• Hungarian: halványlila — color
• Indonesian: lila — color
• Interlingua: lilac — color
• Italian: lilla — color
• Japanese: 薄紫 (usumurasaki) — color
• Japanese: 藤色 (fujiiro) — color
• Korean: 연보라색 (yeonborasaek) — color
• Māori: rairaka — color
• Polish: barwa liliowa — color
• Polish: lila — color
• Portuguese: lilás — color
• Romanian: violet — color
• Russian: сире́невый (sirénevyj) — color
• Russian: лило́вый (lilóvyj) — color
• Scottish Gaelic: liath-chòrcra — color
• Spanish: lila — color
• Turkish: leylak rengi — color