primrose

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• US: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz/
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From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The designation may derive from the fact that certain species of primroses are among the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring season.

The surname derives from a place name in Fife, Scotland; Watson (1926) derived this from Pictish/Proto-Brythonic *prenn (“wood, tree”) + *rros (“moor, heath”). Taylor instead argued for Scottish Gaelic prím (“first”) + ros (“promontory”). Changed by folk etymology because of phonetic resemblance to primrose. The given name is one of the 19th-century flower names.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аӡыӡкәыр (adzədzkwʼər) — plant of the genus Primula
• Armenian: գնարբուկ (gnarbuk) — plant of the genus Primula
• Azerbaijani: novruzgülü — plant of the genus Primula
• Belarusian: першацве́т (pjeršacvjét) — plant of the genus Primula
• Belarusian: пры́мула (prýmula) — plant of the genus Primula
• Belarusian: клю́чыкі (kljúčyki) — plant of the genus Primula
• Bulgarian: иглика (iglika) — plant of the genus Primula
• Catalan: prímula — plant of the genus Primula
• Catalan: primavera — plant of the genus Primula
• Cornish: brialli — plant of the genus Primula
• Cornish: briallen — plant of the genus Primula
• Czech: prvosenka — plant of the genus Primula
• Czech: petrklíč — plant of the genus Primula
• Dutch: sleutelbloem — plant of the genus Primula
• Esperanto: primolo — plant of the genus Primula
• Finnish: esikko — plant of the genus Primula
• French: primevère — plant of the genus Primula
• Georgian: ფურისულა (purisula) — plant of the genus Primula
• German: Primel — plant of the genus Primula
• Greek: δακράκι (dakráki) — plant of the genus Primula
• Ancient Greek: κυκλάμινος (kukláminos) — plant of the genus Primula
• Hungarian: kankalin — plant of the genus Primula
• Ido: primrozo — plant of the genus Primula
• Irish: sabhaircín — plant of the genus Primula
• Italian: primula — plant of the genus Primula
• Japanese: 桜草 (sakurasō) — plant of the genus Primula
• Lak: ччиккул тӏутӏи (č:ik:ul tʼutʼi) — plant of the genus Primula
• Macedonian: ја́глика (jáglika) — plant of the genus Primula
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøkleblom — plant of the genus Primula
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøkleblomst — plant of the genus Primula
• Norwegian Bokmål: primula — plant of the genus Primula
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøkleblom — plant of the genus Primula
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøkleblome — plant of the genus Primula
• Norwegian Nynorsk: primula — plant of the genus Primula
• Ossetian: ӕстъоппӕлӕ (æst’oppælæ) — plant of the genus Primula
• Pannonian Rusyn: яглїки (jahljiki) — plant of the genus Primula
• Pannonian Rusyn: баранчики (barančiki) — plant of the genus Primula
• Persian: پامچال — plant of the genus Primula
• Persian: گل نوروز — plant of the genus Primula
• Polish: pierwiosnek — plant of the genus Primula
• Polish: pierwiosnka — plant of the genus Primula
• Polish: prymula — plant of the genus Primula
• Polish: prymulka — plant of the genus Primula
• Portuguese: prímula — plant of the genus Primula
• Romanian: primulă — plant of the genus Primula
• Romanian: ciuboțica-cucului — plant of the genus Primula
• Russian: первоцве́т (pervocvét) — plant of the genus Primula
• Russian: при́мула (prímula) — plant of the genus Primula
• Scottish Gaelic: sòbhrach — plant of the genus Primula
• Spanish: primavera — plant of the genus Primula
• Turkish: çuha çiçeği — plant of the genus Primula
• Ottoman Turkish: چوقه چیچكی (çoka çiçeği, çuka çiçeği) — plant of the genus Primula
• Volapük: primulaplan — plant of the genus Primula
• Welsh: briallu — plant of the genus Primula
• Bulgarian: безстъблена иглика (bezstǎblena iglika) — Primula acaulis
• Finnish: kääpiöesikko — Primula acaulis
• German: Primel — Primula acaulis
• Macedonian: ја́глика (jáglika) — Primula acaulis
• Norwegian Bokmål: kusymre — Primula acaulis
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kusymre — Primula acaulis
• Polish: pierwiosnek bezłodygowy — Primula acaulis
• Polish: pierwiosnka bezłodygowa — Primula acaulis
• Portuguese: prímula — Primula acaulis
• Romanian: primulă — Primula acaulis
• Russian: первоцве́т (pervocvét) — Primula acaulis
• Russian: при́мула (prímula) — Primula acaulis
• Spanish: primavera — Primula acaulis
• Finnish: esikkokasvi — plant of the family Primulaceae
• Polish: pierwiosnkowate — plant of the family Primulaceae
• Finnish: esikko — flower of a primrose
• German: Primel — flower of a primrose
• Ido: primrozo — flower of a primrose
• Italian: primula — flower of a primrose
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøkleblom — flower of a primrose
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøkleblomst — flower of a primrose
• Norwegian Bokmål: primula — flower of a primrose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøkleblom — flower of a primrose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøkleblome — flower of a primrose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: primula — flower of a primrose
• Polish: pierwiosnek — flower of a primrose
• Polish: pierwiosnka — flower of a primrose
• Polish: prymula — flower of a primrose
• Polish: prymulka — flower of a primrose
• Portuguese: prímula — flower of a primrose
• Romanian: primulă — flower of a primrose
• Russian: первоцве́т (pervocvét) — flower of a primrose
• Russian: при́мула (prímula) — flower of a primrose
• Volapük: primul — flower of a primrose
• Bulgarian: светложълт (svetložǎlt) — colour
• Finnish: esikonkeltainen — colour
• Hungarian: kankalinsárga — colour