noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈtɪ.lə/
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/ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈti.ə/Southern US, influenced by Spanish -illa
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noun
Meaning 1
Any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla; the cinquefoils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Potentilla
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rosid dicot genus
History
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Potentilla, from Latin potentilla, from potēns (“strong”) + -illa (dimintuive suffix).
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عُشْبَة الْقَوَى
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Armenian:
մատնունի
(matnuni)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Belarusian:
дубро́ўка
(dubrówka)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Bulgarian:
бял очеболец
(bjal očebolec)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Catalan:
potentil·la
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Chinese Mandarin:
委陵菜
(wěilíngcài)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Czech:
mochna
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Danish:
potentil
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Dutch:
ganzerik
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Esperanto:
potentilo
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Finnish:
hanhikki
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
French:
potentille
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Georgian:
მარწყვა-ბალახი
(marc̣q̇va-balaxi)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
German:
Fingerkraut
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Greek:
ποτεντίλλα
(potentílla)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Hungarian:
pimpó
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Indonesian:
ganserik
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Japanese:
雉蓆
(kijimushiro)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Kashubian:
pòwroznik
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Kazakh:
қазтабан
(qaztaban)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Korean:
양지꽃
(yangjikkot)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Polish:
pięciornik
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Portuguese:
potentilha
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Russian:
лапча́тка
(lapčátka)
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Serbo-Croatian:
petòprsta
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Serbo-Croatian:
petòprst
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Serbo-Croatian:
pètolist
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Upper Sorbian:
porstnik
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Spanish:
potentilla
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Turkish:
beşparmak otu
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Uzbek:
gʻozpanja
— any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
