myrtle

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• General-American: mûrʹtəl
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• General-American: /ˈmɝtl̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːtl̩/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)təl
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• General-American: [ˈmɝtɫ̩]
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• General-American: [ˈmɝɾɫ̩]
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After the plant, myrtle; used since the end of the 19th century.

From Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myrtillus, from myrtus + -illus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akkadian: 𒄑𒊍 — evergreen shrub
• Amharic: ኣደስ (ʾadäs) — evergreen shrub
• Amharic: አደስ (ʾädäs) — evergreen shrub
• Amharic: ባርሰነት (barsänät) — evergreen shrub
• Amharic: የሚለመልም (yämilämälm) — evergreen shrub
• Amharic: ምርሰኔ (mərsäne) — evergreen shrub
• Arabic: آس (ʔās) — evergreen shrub
• Arabic: رَيْحَان (rayḥān) — evergreen shrub
• Arabic: مَرْسِين (marsīn) — evergreen shrub
• Arabic: قُمَام (qumām) — evergreen shrub
• Arabic: هَدَس (hadas) — evergreen shrub
• Arabic: ريحان (rīḥān) — evergreen shrub
• Arabic: هلموش (halmūš) — evergreen shrub
• Aramaic: ܐܵܣܵܐ (ʾāsā) — evergreen shrub
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אָסָא (ʾāsā) — evergreen shrub
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: הֲדַסַא (hăḏasā) — evergreen shrub
• Aramaic: אָסָא (ʾāsā) — evergreen shrub
• Aramaic: הֲדַסַא (hăḏasā) — evergreen shrub
• Armenian: մրտենի (mrteni) — evergreen shrub
• Old Armenian: մուրտ (murt) — evergreen shrub
• Belarusian: мірт (mirt) — evergreen shrub
• Bulgarian: ми́рта (mírta) — evergreen shrub
• Bulgarian: мирт (mirt) — evergreen shrub
• Catalan: murta — evergreen shrub
• Catalan: murtera — evergreen shrub
• Catalan: murtra — evergreen shrub
• Chinese Mandarin: 桃金娘 (táojīnniáng) — evergreen shrub
• Chinese Mandarin: 香桃木 (xiāngtáomù) — evergreen shrub
• Czech: myrta — evergreen shrub
• Danish: myrte — evergreen shrub
• Dutch: mirte — evergreen shrub
• Esperanto: mirto — evergreen shrub
• Finnish: myrtti — evergreen shrub
• French: myrte — evergreen shrub
• Galician: murteira — evergreen shrub
• Galician: murta — evergreen shrub
• Galician: silvarda — evergreen shrub
• Galician: lundio — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: አደስ (ʾädäs) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: ምርስኔ (mərsəne) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: መርሳኒ (märsani) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: ሚርስንስ (mirsəns) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: ሚርሰንስ (mirsäns) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: ሚረሲንስ (miräsins) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: ሜርሴንስ (mersens) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: ምርስኔን (mərsənen) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: መርሲኔ (märsine) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: መርሲኔን (märsinen) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: ብርስኖት (bərəsnot) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: ብርስዩን (bərsəyun) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: ብርስዮን (bərsəyon) — evergreen shrub
• Ge'ez: እልኣስ (ʾəlʾas) — evergreen shrub
• Georgian: მირტი (mirṭi) — evergreen shrub
• Old Georgian: მურტი (murṭi) — evergreen shrub
• German: Myrte — evergreen shrub
• Greek: μυρτιά (myrtiá) — evergreen shrub
• Ancient Greek: μυρσίνη (mursínē) — evergreen shrub
• Hawaiian: mā'kala — evergreen shrub
• Hebrew: הֲדַס (hăḏás) — evergreen shrub
• Hungarian: mirtusz — evergreen shrub
• Irish: miortal — evergreen shrub
• Italian: mirto — evergreen shrub
• Japanese: ギンバイカ (ginbaika) — evergreen shrub
• Korean: 은매화 (eunmaehwa) — evergreen shrub
• Korean: 도금양 (dogeumyang) — evergreen shrub
• Central Kurdish: مۆرت (mort) — evergreen shrub
• Northern Kurdish: mord — evergreen shrub
• Latin: myrtus — evergreen shrub
• Macedonian: мирта (mirta) — evergreen shrub
• Malay: murad — evergreen shrub
• Norwegian: myrte — evergreen shrub
• Old Church Slavonic: мрътва (mrŭtva) — evergreen shrub
• Old Church Slavonic: мѵръта (mürŭta) — evergreen shrub
• Old English: wīr — evergreen shrub
• Pashto: ماڼو (māṇo) — evergreen shrub
• Persian: مورد (murd) — evergreen shrub
• Persian: مور (mur) — evergreen shrub
• Plautdietsch: Mirt — evergreen shrub
• Polish: mirt — evergreen shrub
• Portuguese: murta — evergreen shrub
• Portuguese: mirto — evergreen shrub
• Romanian: mirt — evergreen shrub
• Russian: мирт (mirt) — evergreen shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: мр̏ча — evergreen shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: ми̑рта — evergreen shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: mȑča — evergreen shrub
• Serbo-Croatian: mȋrta — evergreen shrub
• Sicilian: murtiḍḍa — evergreen shrub
• Slovak: myrta — evergreen shrub
• Slovene: mírta — evergreen shrub
• Spanish: arrayán — evergreen shrub
• Spanish: murta — evergreen shrub
• Spanish: mirto — evergreen shrub
• Swahili: mhadasi — evergreen shrub
• Swedish: myrten — evergreen shrub
• Tagalog: mirto — evergreen shrub
• Tigrinya: ኣደስ (ʾadäs) — evergreen shrub
• Turkish: mersin — evergreen shrub
• Turkish: murt — evergreen shrub
• Ottoman Turkish: مرسین (mersin) — evergreen shrub
• Ottoman Turkish: مورد (murd) — evergreen shrub
• Ugaritic: unknown — evergreen shrub
• Ugaritic: absent from the texts — evergreen shrub
• Ukrainian: мирт (myrt) — evergreen shrub
• Welsh: myrtwydden — evergreen shrub
• Woiwurrung: tid-e'am — evergreen shrub