petal

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• /ˈpɛtl̩/
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• homophone: peddle
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• homophone: pedal (in accents with flapping)
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• rhymes with -ɛt(ə)l
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• CMU ARPABET: P EH1 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth2-der. Proto-Indo-European *pet-der. Proto-Hellenic *pétalos Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon)lbor. English petal Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth2- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pandō and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kroonblaar — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Albanian: fletë — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Arabic: بَتَلَة (batala) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Arabic: تُوَيْجَة (tuwayja) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Arabic: تُوَيْجِيَّة (tuwayjiyya) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Armenian: ծաղկաթերթ (caġkatʻertʻ) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Armenian: թերթ (tʻertʻ) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Assamese: পাহি (pahi) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Asturian: pétalu — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Azerbaijani: ləçək — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Basque: lore-hosto — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Belarusian: пялёстак (pjaljóstak) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Bengali: পাপড়ি (papoṛi) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Bulgarian: венчели́стче (venčelístče) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Burmese: ပွင့်ချပ် (pwang.hkyap) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Buryat: дэльбэ (delʹbe) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Buryat: һалбай (halbaj) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Buryat: сэсэгэй дэльбэ (sesegej delʹbe) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Catalan: pètal — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Chinese Mandarin: 花瓣 (huābàn) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Czech: okvětní lístek — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Danish: kronblad — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Dutch: kroonblad — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Dutch: bloemblaadje — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Dutch: petaal — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Dutch: petalum — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Esperanto: petalo — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Estonian: kroonlehed — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Finnish: terälehti — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• French: pétale — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Galician: pétalo — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Georgian: ფურცელი (purceli) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• German: Blütenblatt — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• German: Kronblatt — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Greek: πέταλο (pétalo) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Hebrew: עלי כותרת (alai koteret) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Hindi: पंखुड़ी (paṅkhuṛī) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Hindi: पंखड़ी (paṅkhṛī) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Hungarian: szirom — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Icelandic: krónublað — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Ido: petalo — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Indonesian: mahkota bunga — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Irish: peiteal — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Italian: petalo — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Japanese: 花弁 (kaben) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Japanese: 花びら (hanabira) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Kazakh: гүлдің күлтесі (güldıñ kültesı) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Khmer: ត្របក (trɑɑbɑɑk) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Korean: 꽃잎 (kkonnip) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Kyrgyz: желекче (jelekce) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Lao: ກາບ (kāp) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Lao: ກີບ (kīp) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Lao: ເກດ (kēt) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Lao: ຂະຫນົບ (kha nop) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Lao: ຂນົບ (kha nop) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Latin: folium — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Latvian: ziedlapa — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Lithuanian: vainiklapis — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Macedonian: цветен лист — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Malay: ranggi — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Māori: puapua — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Māori: raupua — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Marathi: पाकळी (pākḷī) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Mongolian: дэлбээ (delbee) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Mongolian: цэцгийн дэлбээ (cecgiin delbee) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Norman: pétale — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Norwegian Bokmål: kronblad — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kronblad — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Pashto: طاسبرګ (tāsbarg) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Pashto: ګلبرګ (gwǝlbarg) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Pashto: ګلپاڼه (gwǝlpāṇa) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Persian: گلبرگ (golbarg) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Polish: płatek — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Polish: płatek korony — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Portuguese: pétala — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Romanian: petală — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Russian: лепесто́к (lepestók) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Sanskrit: दल (dala) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Sanskrit: पुष्पदल (puṣpadala) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Sanskrit: पलाश (palāśa) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̏тица — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Serbo-Croatian: lȁtica — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Slovak: okvetné lístok — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Slovene: cvétni líst — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Spanish: pétalo — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Swahili: petali — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Swedish: kronblad — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Swedish: blomblad — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Tagalog: talulot — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Tajik: гулбарг (gulbarg) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Telugu: పుష్పదళము (puṣpadaḷamu) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Thai: กลีบ (glìip) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Thai: กลีบดอก (glìip-dɔ̀ɔk) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Thai: กลีบดอกไม้ (glìip-dɔ̀ɔk-máai) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Turkish: taç yaprak — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Turkmen: gül ýapragy — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Ukrainian: пелю́стка (peljústka) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Urdu: پَن٘کُھڑی (pankhuṛī) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Uyghur: بەرگ (berg) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Uzbek: gulbarg — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Uzbek: gultojbarg — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Vietnamese: cánh hoa — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Vietnamese: cánh — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Volapük: petiol — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower
• Yiddish: קרוינבלעטל (kroynbletl) — one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower