different between etiolated vs straw

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?.t?.?(?).le?.t?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i.ti.??le?.t?d/, [-??d]
• Hyphenation: eti?o?lat?ed

Etymology 1

From etiolate +? -ed (suffix forming adjectives); modelled after French étiolé, the past participle of étioler (“to become pale and weak, etiolate”), from Norman étieuler (“to become plant stalks left over after harvesting to be used as fodder or for thatching”), probably from éteule (“plant stalks left over after harvesting, stubble”) + -er (suffix forming verbs). Éteule is derived from Old French esteule (“straw”), from Latin stipula (“plant stalk; plant stalk left over after harvesting, stubble; straw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“to be stiff; erect”).

Adjective

etiolated (comparative more etiolated, superlative most etiolated)

1. (chiefly botany, horticulture) Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight. [from mid 18th c.]

   Synonym: (dated) etiolized

   Antonym: nonetiolated
2. (horticulture) Of a plant: intentionally grown in the dark.

   Antonym: deetiolated
3. (by extension) Of an animal or person: having an ashen or pale appearance; also, haggard or thin; physically weak.

   Synonyms: emaciated; see also Thesaurus:cadaverous
4. (figuratively) Lacking in vigour; anemic, feeble.

Alternative forms

• aetiolated (obsolete)

Derived terms

• deetiolated
• nonetiolated

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:decoloured

Etymology 2

From etiolate +? -ed (suffix forming verbs).

Verb

etiolated

1. simple past tense and past participle of etiolate

References

Further reading

• etiolation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English straw, from Old English str?aw, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *straw? (“that which is strewn”). Cognate with Dutch stro, Walloon strin, German Stroh, Norwegian and Swedish strå, Albanian shtrohë (“kennel”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /st???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /st??/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /st??/

Noun

straw (countable and uncountable, plural straws)

1. (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
2. (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively.
3. (countable) A drinking straw.
4. A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

5. (figuratively) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
   • 1889, Robin Hood and the Tanner, Francis James Child (editor), The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 3, page 138:

     ‘For thy sword and thy bow I care not a straw,

     Nor all thine arrows to boot;

     If I get a knop upon thy bare scop,

     Thou canst as well shite as shoote.’

   • 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers:

     He also decided, which was more to his purpose, that Eleanor did not care a straw for him, and that very probably she did care a straw for his rival.

   • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

     To be deeply interested in the accidents of our existence, to enjoy keenly the mixed texture of human experience, rather leads a man to disregard precautions, and risk his neck against a straw.

Derived terms

• strawhead
• strawberry

Translations

Adjective

straw (not comparable)

1. Made of straw.

   Synonym: strawen

2. Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
3. (figuratively) Imaginary, but presented as real.

Translations

Derived terms

See also

Verb

straw (third-person singular simple present straws, present participle strawing, simple past and past participle strawed)

1. To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
2. (obsolete, slang) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.

Anagrams

• Swart, swart, warts

Middle English

Alternative forms

• strau, strawe, straugh, strau?, strawwe, stre, stree, stra, straa, strey, streaw, strew, streuw

Etymology

From Old English str?aw, from Proto-Germanic *straw?. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse strá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strau?/, /stre?/
• (Northern ME) IPA^(key): /str??/

Noun

straw (plural strawes or stren)

1. The remaining plant material after cultivation; halm, straw.
2. An individual piece or section of straw.
3. (figuratively) Anything slight or worthless; the least possible thing.
4. (rare) A measure of weight for candlewax.

Related terms

• strawbery
• strawen

Descendants

• English: straw
• Scots: strae
• Yola: stre, strew

References

• “strau, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /straf/

Verb

straw

1. second-person singular imperative of strawi?

Noun

straw f

1. genitive plural of strawa

Further reading

• straw in Polish dictionaries at PWN