"gladiolus" meaning in English

See gladiolus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/ [US] Audio: en-us-gladiolus.ogg Forms: gladioli [plural], gladioluses [plural]
Rhymes: (US) -oʊləs Etymology: From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|gladiolus||little sword, sword lily}} Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”) Head templates: {{en-noun|gladioli|+}} gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses)
  1. (anatomy) The center part of the sternum. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (center part of the sternum): rintalastan runko (Finnish), mesosterno [masculine] (Portuguese), mesosternón [masculine] (Spanish), cuerpo del esternón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gladiolus-en-noun-F-mNjzWA Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'center part of the sternum': 97 3
  2. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola. Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Iris family plants Translations (plant): μαχαιρόφυλλον (makhairóphullon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ξίφιον (xíphion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), թրաշուշան (tʻrašušan) (Armenian), гладыёлус (hladyjólus) [masculine] (Belarusian), гладиола (gladiola) [feminine] (Bulgarian), gladiol [masculine] (Catalan), 劍蘭 (Chinese Mandarin), 剑兰 (jiànlán) (Chinese Mandarin), mečík [masculine] (Czech), gladiool [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), zwaardlelie [feminine] (Dutch), miekkalilja (Finnish), glaïeul [masculine] (French), Gladiole [feminine] (German), γλαδιόλα (gladióla) [feminine] (Greek), γλαδίολος (gladíolos) [masculine] (Greek), kardvirág (Hungarian), Santeritte [feminine] (Hunsrik), gladiolo [masculine] (Italian), グラジオラス (gurajiorasu) (Japanese), gladiolus [masculine] (Latin), гладио́ла (gladióla) [feminine] (Macedonian), mieczyk [masculine] (Polish), gladíolo [masculine] (Portuguese), gladiolă [feminine] (Romanian), гладио́лус (gladiólus) [masculine] (Russian), шпа́жник (špážnik) [masculine] (Russian), estoque [masculine] (Spanish), gladiolus [common-gender] (Swedish), гладіо́лус (hladiólus) [masculine] (Ukrainian), коса́рик (kosáryk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), lay ơn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-gladiolus-en-noun-KMtcth7X Disambiguation of Flowers: 8 92 Disambiguation of Iris family plants: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Hunsrik translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 3 46 4 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hunsrik translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'plant': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gladiola Derived forms: gladdie, gladiolin Related terms: gladiator

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gladdie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gladiolin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "gladiolus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "little sword, sword lily"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gladioli",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladioluses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gladioli",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gladiator"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "en:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The center part of the sternum."
      ],
      "id": "en-gladiolus-en-noun-F-mNjzWA",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "sternum",
          "sternum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) The center part of the sternum."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "center part of the sternum",
          "word": "rintalastan runko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "center part of the sternum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mesosterno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "center part of the sternum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mesosternón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "center part of the sternum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuerpo del esternón"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 46 4 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Belarusian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hunsrik translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Flowers",
          "orig": "en:Flowers",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Iris family plants",
          "orig": "en:Iris family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Asparagales order plants",
            "Flowers",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola."
      ],
      "id": "en-gladiolus-en-noun-KMtcth7X",
      "links": [
        [
          "flowering plant",
          "flowering plant"
        ],
        [
          "Gladiolus",
          "Gladiolus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "gladiola",
          "gladiola"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tʻrašušan",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "թրաշուշան"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "hladyjólus",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гладыёлус"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gladiola",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гладиола"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gladiol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "劍蘭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiànlán",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "剑兰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mečík"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gladiool"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zwaardlelie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "miekkalilja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glaïeul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gladiole"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gladióla",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "γλαδιόλα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gladíolos",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "γλαδίολος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "makhairóphullon",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "μαχαιρόφυλλον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "xíphion",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ξίφιον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "kardvirág"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Santeritte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gladiolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gurajiorasu",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "グラジオラス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gladiolus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "gladióla",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гладио́ла"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mieczyk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gladíolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gladiolă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gladiólus",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гладио́лус"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "špážnik",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шпа́жник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estoque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gladiolus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hladiólus",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гладіо́лус"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kosáryk",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "коса́рик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "lay ơn"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-gladiolus.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/En-us-gladiolus.ogg/En-us-gladiolus.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/En-us-gladiolus.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(US) -oʊləs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gladiola"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "gladiolus"
  ],
  "word": "gladiolus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Rhymes:English/oʊləs",
    "Rhymes:English/oʊləs/4 syllables",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Hunsrik translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "en:Flowers",
    "en:Iris family plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gladdie"
    },
    {
      "word": "gladiolin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "gladiolus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "little sword, sword lily"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gladioli",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladioluses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gladioli",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gladiator"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The center part of the sternum."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "sternum",
          "sternum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) The center part of the sternum."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flowering plant",
          "flowering plant"
        ],
        [
          "Gladiolus",
          "Gladiolus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "gladiola",
          "gladiola"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-gladiolus.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/En-us-gladiolus.ogg/En-us-gladiolus.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/En-us-gladiolus.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(US) -oʊləs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gladiola"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "center part of the sternum",
      "word": "rintalastan runko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "center part of the sternum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesosterno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "center part of the sternum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mesosternón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "center part of the sternum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuerpo del esternón"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻrašušan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "թրաշուշան"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hladyjólus",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гладыёлус"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gladiola",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гладиола"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gladiol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "劍蘭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiànlán",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "剑兰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mečík"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gladiool"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zwaardlelie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "miekkalilja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glaïeul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gladiole"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gladióla",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γλαδιόλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gladíolos",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γλαδίολος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "makhairóphullon",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μαχαιρόφυλλον"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "xíphion",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ξίφιον"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kardvirág"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Santeritte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gladiolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gurajiorasu",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "グラジオラス"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gladiolus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gladióla",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гладио́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mieczyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gladíolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gladiolă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gladiólus",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гладио́лус"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špážnik",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпа́жник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estoque"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gladiolus"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hladiólus",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гладіо́лус"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kosáryk",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коса́рик"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "lay ơn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "gladiolus"
  ],
  "word": "gladiolus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for gladiolus meaning in English (7.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.