different between laurus vs laurel

Latin

Alternative forms

• daurus (laurel)

Etymology

From Old Latin dacros. Related to Ancient Greek ????? (dáphn?, “laurel”), whence also the given name ????? (Dáphn?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lau?.rus/, [???äu???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lau?.rus/, [?l??u?rus]

Noun

laurus f (genitive laur?); second declension

1. laurel tree
2. (metonymically) laurels; a crown of laurel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (laurel tree): laurea
• (crown of laurel): laurea

Derived terms

Related terms

• laure?tus
• laureola
• laurea

Descendants

References

• laurus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• laurus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• laurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Middle English lorrer, Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from lor, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??.?l/, /?l???.?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l??.?l/
• Rhymes: -???l

Noun

laurel (countable and uncountable, plural laurels)

1. Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
2. A crown of laurel.
3. (figuratively, chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.

   to win laurels; to crown with laurels

4. (botany) Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
5. (botany) Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
6. (historical) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

laurel (third-person singular simple present laurels, present participle laureling or laurelling, simple past and past participle laureled or laurelled)

1. (transitive) To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
2. (transitive) To enwreathe.
3. (transitive, informal) To award top honours to.

See also

• Laurel and Hardy

References

• laurel at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• allure

Spanish

Etymology

Via Old Occitan laurier, ultimately from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lau??el/, [lau???el]

Noun

laurel m (plural laureles)

1. (botany) laurel

Derived terms

• dormirse en los laureles
• laurel alejandrino
• laurel cerezo
• laurel real
• laurel rosa

Related terms

• laurear