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A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil
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A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus
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(Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection
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Broader terms: mythical being
bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
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Broader terms: bulbous plant
Narrower terms: daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla
From Latin Narcissus, from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos, “Narcissus”).
Borrowed from Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos), ultimately either from Pre-Greek or related to νάρκη (nárkē).
Across languages
Translations 69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan :
Narcís
— mythical youth
Czech :
Narkissos
— mythical youth
Dutch :
Narcissus
— mythical youth
French :
Narcisse
— mythical youth
German :
Narziss
— mythical youth
Greek :
Νάρκισσος
(Nárkissos)
— mythical youth
Ancient Greek :
Νάρκισσος
(Nárkissos)
— mythical youth
Inuktitut :
ᓇᕐᓯᔅᓱᔅ
(narsissos)
— mythical youth
Italian :
Narciso
— mythical youth
Polish :
Narcyz
— mythical youth
Portuguese :
Narciso
— mythical youth
Romanian :
Narcis
— mythical youth
Russian :
Нарци́сс
(Narcíss)
— mythical youth
Spanish :
Narciso
— mythical youth
Ukrainian :
Нарци́с
(Narcýs)
— mythical youth
Arabic :
نَرْجِس
(narjis)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Armenian :
նարգիզ
(nargiz)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Azerbaijani :
nərgiz
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Bashkir :
нәркәс
(nərkəs)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Bengali :
নার্গিস
(nargiś)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Bulgarian :
нарцис
(narcis)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Catalan :
narcís
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Chagatai :
نرگس
(nrgs)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Chinese Mandarin :
水仙
(shuǐxiān)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Cornish :
fionen
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Czech :
narcis
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Danish :
påskelilje
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Dutch :
narcis
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Esperanto :
narciso
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Faroese :
páskalilja
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Finnish :
narsissi
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
French :
narcisse
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Georgian :
ნარგიზი
(nargizi)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
German :
Narzisse
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Ancient Greek :
νάρκισσος
(nárkissos)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Hindi :
नरगिस
(nargis)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Hindi :
नर्गिस
(nargis)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Icelandic :
páskalilja
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Irish :
lus an chromchinn
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Irish :
lus an aisig
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Italian :
narciso
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Japanese :
水仙
(suisen)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Kazakh :
нәркес
(närkes)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Korean :
수선화
(suseonhwa)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Central Kurdish :
نێرگز
(nêrgiz)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Northern Kurdish :
nêrgiz
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Malay :
nargis
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Occitan :
narcís
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Pashto :
نرګس
(nargis)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Persian :
نرگس
(narges)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Polish :
narcyz
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Portuguese :
narciso
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Punjabi :
نَرگِس
(nargis)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Romanian :
narcisă
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Russian :
нарци́сс
(narcíss)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Serbo-Croatian :
нарцис
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Serbo-Croatian :
narcis
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Sindhi :
نرگس
(̃rgs)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Spanish :
narciso
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Swahili :
mnasisa
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Swedish :
narciss
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Tibetan :
ཆུ་ལྷ།
(chu lha)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Turkish :
nergis
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Ottoman Turkish :
نركس
(nergis)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Turkmen :
nerkes
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Urdu :
نرگس
(nargis)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Uyghur :
نەرگىس
(nergis)
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Uzbek :
nargis
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
Vietnamese :
thuỷ tiên
— any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus
