poppy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpi/
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• General-American: /ˈpɑpi/
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• rhymes with -ɒpi
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *péh2wr̥ The noun is derived from Late Middle English poppy, Middle English popy, popi, popie (“plant of the genus Papaver; poppy seeds used as a spice”) [and other forms], from Old English popiġ (“poppy”), Early Old English popeġ, popaeġ, popæġ, popei [and other forms], perhaps from Late Latin *papavum, popauer, from Latin papāver (“poppy”), which may be from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ (“bonfire”). Doublet of papaver. Sense 3 (“artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts”) reflects the efforts of American professor and humanitarian Moina Michael (1869–1944) to popularize the wearing of artificial poppies in remembrance of those who fought and died in World War I; she was inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields” (1915) by the Canadian poet and soldier John McCrae (1872–1918): see the quotation. The adjective is derived from the noun.

From pop (“loud, sharp sound; fizzy drink; to make or burst with a loud, sharp sound; to stand out”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).

From pop(ular) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).

From pop (“affectionate form of father”) + -y (suffix forming terms of endearment).

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Polish: jasnoczerwony — of a bright red colour tinted with orange
• Polish: makowy — of a bright red colour tinted with orange
• Esperanto: bolanta — having a popping or busting sound
• Esperanto: vigla — having a popping or busting sound
• Esperanto: entuziasma — having a popping or busting sound
• Polish: wybuchający — having a popping or busting sound
• Spanish: borboteante — having a popping or busting sound
• Spanish: entusiástico — having a popping or busting sound
• Spanish: burbujeante — having a popping or busting sound
• Esperanto: popa — typical, or in the style, of pop music
• Esperanto: popmuzika — typical, or in the style, of pop music
• Faroese: popputur — typical, or in the style, of pop music
• Finnish: popahtava — typical, or in the style, of pop music
• Polish: popowy — typical, or in the style, of pop music
• Russian: попсовый (popsóvyj) — typical, or in the style, of pop music
• Swedish: poppig — typical, or in the style, of pop music
• Abaza: къвашвхӏа (qwʼašwḥa) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Abkhaz: абларкыга (ablarkʼəga) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Albanian: lulëkuqe — plant of the genus Papaver
• Arabic: خشخاش — plant of the genus Papaver
• Arabic: بلّمان — plant of the genus Papaver
• Armenian: կակաչ (kakačʻ) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Azerbaijani: lalə — plant of the genus Papaver
• Azerbaijani: xaşxaş — plant of the genus Papaver
• Basque: mitxoleta — plant of the genus Papaver
• Basque: urdamutur — plant of the genus Papaver
• Belarusian: мак (mak) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Bulgarian: мак (mak) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Catalan: rosella — plant of the genus Papaver
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵡⵙⵉⵙⵏⵜ (tawsisnt) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Chechen: петӏамат (petʼamat) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Chinese Mandarin: 罌粟 /罂粟 (yīngsù) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Chuvash: мӑкӑнь (măk̬ănʹ) — plant of the genus Papaver
• East Circassian: губгъуэӏущхьэ (gwubğwɛʼwuśḥɛ) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Czech: mák — plant of the genus Papaver
• Danish: valmue — plant of the genus Papaver
• Dutch: klaproos — plant of the genus Papaver
• Dutch: maankop — plant of the genus Papaver
• Esperanto: papavo — plant of the genus Papaver
• Esperanto: papaveto — plant of the genus Papaver
• Estonian: moon — plant of the genus Papaver
• Estonian: magun — plant of the genus Papaver
• Faroese: dreymsólja — plant of the genus Papaver
• Faroese: valmua — plant of the genus Papaver
• Finnish: unikukka — plant of the genus Papaver
• Finnish: unikko — plant of the genus Papaver
• French: pavot — plant of the genus Papaver
• Friulian: papavar — plant of the genus Papaver
• Galician: papoia — plant of the genus Papaver
• Galician: papoula — plant of the genus Papaver
• Galician: ababa — plant of the genus Papaver
• Galician: buxaga — plant of the genus Papaver
• Georgian: ყაყაჩო (q̇aq̇ačo) — plant of the genus Papaver
• German: Mohn — plant of the genus Papaver
• Greek: παπαρούνα (paparoúna) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Ancient Greek: μήκων (mḗkōn) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Ancient Greek: ῥοιάς (rhoiás) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Gujarati: પોસ (pos) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Hebrew: פרג (parág) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Hindi: पोस्त (post) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Hindi: पॉपी (pŏpī) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Hungarian: pipacs — plant of the genus Papaver
• Icelandic: draumsóley — plant of the genus Papaver
• Icelandic: valmúi — plant of the genus Papaver
• Ido: papavero — plant of the genus Papaver
• Indonesian: apiun — plant of the genus Papaver
• Irish: poipín — plant of the genus Papaver
• Irish: cocán dearg — plant of the genus Papaver
• Italian: papavero — plant of the genus Papaver
• Japanese: ケシ (keshi) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Japanese: ポピー (popī) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Japanese: 罌粟 — plant of the genus Papaver
• Japanese: 芥子 (keshi) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Kashubian: mak — plant of the genus Papaver
• Kazakh: көкнәр (köknär) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Korean: 양귀비 (yanggwibi) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Central Kurdish: گوڵاڵە سوورە (gullalle sûre) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Kyrgyz: кызгалдак (kızgaldak) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Latin: papāver — plant of the genus Papaver
• Latvian: magone — plant of the genus Papaver
• Lithuanian: aguonà — plant of the genus Papaver
• Luxembourgish: Feierblumm — plant of the genus Papaver
• Macedonian: а́фион (áfion) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Macedonian: бу́лка (búlka) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Macedonian: мак (mak) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Malay: bunga madat — plant of the genus Papaver
• Māori: papi — plant of the genus Papaver
• Mongolian: намуу цэцэг (namuu ceceg) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Nanai: даян (dajan) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Norman: vamôque — plant of the genus Papaver
• Norman: poupi — plant of the genus Papaver
• Norwegian Bokmål: valmue — plant of the genus Papaver
• Norwegian Nynorsk: valmue — plant of the genus Papaver
• Occitan: pavòt — plant of the genus Papaver
• Occitan: pabòt — plant of the genus Papaver
• Persian: شقایق (šaqâyeq) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Persian: آذرگون (âzargun) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Plautdietsch: Monbloom — plant of the genus Papaver
• Polish: mak — plant of the genus Papaver
• Portuguese: papoula — plant of the genus Papaver
• Romanian: mac — plant of the genus Papaver
• Russian: мак (mak) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Sardinian: thanda — plant of the genus Papaver
• Sardinian: tzantza — plant of the genus Papaver
• Sardinian: annaeloccu — plant of the genus Papaver
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̏к — plant of the genus Papaver
• Serbo-Croatian: mȁk — plant of the genus Papaver
• Slovak: mak — plant of the genus Papaver
• Slovene: mak — plant of the genus Papaver
• Lower Sorbian: mak — plant of the genus Papaver
• Spanish: amapola — plant of the genus Papaver
• Spanish: adormidera — plant of the genus Papaver
• Swahili: mpopi — plant of the genus Papaver
• Swedish: vallmo — plant of the genus Papaver
• Tashelhit: ⴱⵍⵍⵄⵎⴰⵏ (bllɛman) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Tashelhit: ⵜⴱⵏⵏⵄⵎⴰⵏⵜ (tbnnɛmant) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Thai: ป๊อปปี้ — plant of the genus Papaver
• Turkish: gelincik — plant of the genus Papaver
• Ukrainian: мак (mak) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Urdu: پوست (post) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Urdu: پاپی (pāpī) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Venetan: papàvaro — plant of the genus Papaver
• Volapük: pop — plant of the genus Papaver
• Walloon: pavoe — plant of the genus Papaver
• Walloon: fleur di tonire — plant of the genus Papaver
• Walloon: colåd — plant of the genus Papaver
• Walloon: coclet — plant of the genus Papaver
• Welsh: pabi — plant of the genus Papaver
• Welsh: llygad y bwgan — plant of the genus Papaver
• Yiddish: מאָן (mon) — plant of the genus Papaver
• Esperanto: papava ruĝo — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Esperanto: skarlato — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Greek: παπαρουνί (paparouní) — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Japanese: ケシ色 (keshi-iro) — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Polish: szkarłat — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Russian: а́лый (ályj) — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Serbo-Croatian: makova boja — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Serbo-Croatian: boja maka — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Swahili: rangi ya mipopi — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Ukrainian: маковий (makovyj) — bright red colour tinted with orange
• Finnish: unikko — artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts
• French: coquelicot — artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts
• Polish: mak — artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts
• Serbo-Croatian: mak — artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts
• Esperanto: avĉjo — (endearing) one's father or grandfather
• Polish: tatuś — (endearing) one's father or grandfather