"Iris" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|Ἶρις|t=rainbow}} Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Iris
  1. (Greek mythology) A messenger of the gods, and goddess of rainbows. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities
    Sense id: en-Iris-en-name-jzv4Cb7N Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek; a flower name used since the end of the 19th century. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): Iris (Danish), Iris (Dutch), Iris (Estonian), Iris (Faroese), Iiris (Finnish), Iris (French), Iris (German), Írisz (Hungarian), アイリス (Airisu) (Japanese), Iris (Norwegian), Íris (Portuguese), Íris [feminine] (Slovak), Iris (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Iris-en-name-oNNNTHVV Disambiguation of 'female given name': 1 98 1
  3. (astronomy) 7 Iris, a main belt asteroid. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Asteroids Derived forms: Iridian
    Sense id: en-Iris-en-name-Inht0E6Q Disambiguation of Asteroids: 9 31 60 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Greek messenger of the gods): Ἶρις (Îris) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ⲓⲣⲓⲥ (iris) (Coptic), Iris (Danish), Iris (Estonian), Iris (French), Iris (German), Irisz (Hungarian), イーリス (Īrisu) (Japanese), Iris (Norwegian), Íris [feminine] (Portuguese), Ири́да (Irída) [feminine] (Russian), Iris (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'Greek messenger of the gods': 51 43 6

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