Phrase guide

lily of the valley

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A flowering plant, Convallaria majalis, with richly fragrant pendant bells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A flower of this plant.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of lily of the valley.

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Usage: alt-of

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4

noun

Meaning 4

low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: May lily, Convallaria majalis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liliaceous plant

History

Etymology

Calque of Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים (šôšannat hāʿămāqîm), a reference to Song of Solomon 2:1.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ашәҭрыԥх (aŝwtrəpx) — Convallaria majalis
  • Armenian: հովտաշուշան (hovtašušan) — Convallaria majalis
  • Azerbaijani: inciçiçəyi — Convallaria majalis
  • Belarusian: камвалея (kamvaleja) — Convallaria majalis
  • Bulgarian: момина сълза (momina sǎlza) — Convallaria majalis
  • Catalan: muguet — Convallaria majalis
  • Catalan: lliri de maig — Convallaria majalis
  • Chechen: чӏегӏардиган кӏа (čʼeğardigan kʼa) — Convallaria majalis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鈴蘭 /铃兰 (línglán) — Convallaria majalis
  • East Circassian: къэлэрдэгу (qɛlɛrdɛgwu) — Convallaria majalis
  • Czech: konvalinka vonná — Convallaria majalis
  • Dutch: lelietje-van-dalen — Convallaria majalis
  • Dutch: meiklokje — Convallaria majalis
  • Esperanto: majfloro — Convallaria majalis
  • Esperanto: konvalo — Convallaria majalis
  • Estonian: maikelluke — Convallaria majalis
  • Estonian: piibeleht — Convallaria majalis
  • Finnish: kielo — Convallaria majalis
  • French: muguet — Convallaria majalis
  • Georgian: შროშანა (šrošana) — Convallaria majalis
  • German: Maiglöckchen — Convallaria majalis
  • Hungarian: gyöngyvirág — Convallaria majalis
  • Icelandic: dalalilja — Convallaria majalis
  • Ingrian: lehmänkeeli — Convallaria majalis
  • Irish: lile na ngleanntán — Convallaria majalis
  • Italian: mughetto — Convallaria majalis
  • Japanese: 鈴蘭 (suzuran) — Convallaria majalis
  • Kazakh: меруертгүл (meruertgül) — Convallaria majalis
  • Korean: 은방울꽃 (eunbang'ulkkot) — Convallaria majalis
  • Lak: марияннул макь (mariaʕnnul maqʼ) — Convallaria majalis
  • Latvian: maijpuķīte — Convallaria majalis
  • Latvian: kreimene — Convallaria majalis
  • Lithuanian: pakalnutė — Convallaria majalis
  • Macedonian: мо́мина со́лза (mómina sólza) — Convallaria majalis
  • Macedonian: ѓурѓо́вденче (ǵurǵóvdenče) — Convallaria majalis
  • Norman: mudget — Convallaria majalis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: liljekonvall — Convallaria majalis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: liljekonvall — Convallaria majalis
  • Ossetian: джыджына (ǵyǵyna) — Convallaria majalis
  • Pannonian Rusyn: дюрдїца (djurdjica) — Convallaria majalis
  • Polish: konwalia — Convallaria majalis
  • Portuguese: lírio-do-vale — Convallaria majalis
  • Romanian: lăcrimioară — Convallaria majalis
  • Russian: ла́ндыш (lándyš) — Convallaria majalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: ђурђевак — Convallaria majalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: đurđevak — Convallaria majalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: đurđica — Convallaria majalis
  • Slovak: konvalinka voňavá — Convallaria majalis
  • Spanish: lirio del valle — Convallaria majalis
  • Swedish: liljekonvalj — Convallaria majalis
  • Tajik: ливондар (livondar) — Convallaria majalis
  • Turkish: inci çiçeği — Convallaria majalis
  • Turkish: müge — Convallaria majalis
  • Ottoman Turkish: اینجو چیچكی (inci çiçeği) — Convallaria majalis
  • Ukrainian: конва́лія (konválija) — Convallaria majalis
  • Volapük: mügät — Convallaria majalis
  • Welsh: lili'r dyffrynnoedd — Convallaria majalis