Phrase guide

weeping willow

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A willow of species Salix babylonica, with pendulous branches, native to China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of the numerous decorative cultivars and hybrids of Salix babylonica with white willow (Salix alba) or crack willow (Salix fragilis).

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3

noun

Meaning 3

willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: willow, willow tree

History

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: treurwilger — Salix babylonica
  • Chinese Mandarin: 垂柳 (chuíliǔ) — Salix babylonica
  • Crimean Tatar: öksüz tal — Salix babylonica
  • Dutch: treurwilg — Salix babylonica
  • Esperanto: plorema saliko — Salix babylonica
  • Finnish: itkupaju — Salix babylonica
  • Finnish: itkuraita — Salix babylonica
  • French: saule pleureur — Salix babylonica
  • Galician: salgueiro chorón — Salix babylonica
  • Galician: chorón — Salix babylonica
  • German: Echte Trauerweide — Salix babylonica
  • German: Chinesische Trauerweide — Salix babylonica
  • German: Babylonische Trauerweide — Salix babylonica
  • Greek: ιτιά η κλαίουσα (itiá i klaíousa) — Salix babylonica
  • Hungarian: babiloni szomorúfűz — Salix babylonica
  • Irish: saileach shilte — Salix babylonica
  • Italian: salice piangente — Salix babylonica
  • Japanese: 枝垂柳 (shidareyanagi) — Salix babylonica
  • Japanese: シダレヤナギ (shidareyanagi) — Salix babylonica
  • Korean: 실버들 (silbeodeul) — Salix babylonica
  • Korean: 수양버들 (suyangbeodeul) — Salix babylonica
  • Macedonian: жална врба (žalna vrba) — Salix babylonica
  • Persian: بید مجنون (bid-e majnun) — Salix babylonica
  • Polish: wierzba płacząca — Salix babylonica
  • Polish: wierzba zwisająca — Salix babylonica
  • Portuguese: chorão — Salix babylonica
  • Portuguese: salgueiro-chorão — Salix babylonica
  • Romanian: salcie plângătoare — Salix babylonica
  • Romanian: salcie pletoasă — Salix babylonica
  • Russian: плаку́чая и́ва (plakúčaja íva) — Salix babylonica
  • Serbo-Croatian: žalosna vrba — Salix babylonica
  • Slovak: smutná vŕba — Salix babylonica
  • Spanish: sauce llorón — Salix babylonica
  • Swedish: tårpil — Salix babylonica
  • Thai: หลิว (lǐu) — Salix babylonica
  • Turkish: salkım söğüt — Salix babylonica
  • Ottoman Turkish: صالقیم سوكوت (salkım söğüt) — Salix babylonica
  • Ukrainian: плакуча верба (plakuča verba) — Salix babylonica
  • Uzbek: majnuntol — Salix babylonica
  • Vietnamese: thuỳ dương — Salix babylonica
  • Volapük: lügasalig — Salix babylonica
  • Welsh: helygen wylofus — Salix babylonica
  • Finnish: itkupaju — hybrids of Salix babylonica
  • German: Trauerweide — hybrids of Salix babylonica
  • Hungarian: szomorúfűz — hybrids of Salix babylonica
  • Polish: wierzba płacząca — hybrids of Salix babylonica
  • Polish: wierzba zwisająca — hybrids of Salix babylonica