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English

Etymology

From Latin pollen (“fine flour”). Used by Linnaeus in the 18th century to describe the spores produced in the anthers of flowers.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?l?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?l?n/
• Rhymes: -?l?n
• Hyphenation: pol?len

Noun

pollen (usually uncountable, plural pollens)

1. A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Technically a collective term for pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. (This specific usage dating from mid 18th century.)
2. (obsolete) Fine powder in general, fine flour. (16th-century usage documented by the OED.)
   • "...and ther was good wyne of Gascoyne,... as well of pollen, as of other vitailes..." Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?; Berners, John Bourchier, Lord [1]

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bailey to this entry?)

Derived terms

Related terms

• pollinate

Translations

Verb

pollen (third-person singular simple present pollens, present participle pollening, simple past and past participle pollened)

1. (transitive, poetic) To cover with, or as if with, pollen.

See also

• palynologic
• palynological
• palynologist
• palynology

Danish

Etymology

From Latin pollen.

Noun

pollen n (singular definite pollenet, plural indefinite pollen)

1. (botany) pollen

References

• “pollen” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.l?(n)/
• Hyphenation: pol?len
• Rhymes: -?l?n

Etymology 1

From Latin pollen.

Noun

pollen n (uncountable)

1. pollen

Usage notes

The common term in Dutch is stuifmeel. The term pollen is found in biology texts, but is furthermore in common use when identifying the causative agent of hay fever. In that sense, the word is sometimes mistakenly construed as being plural (“Tranende, jeukende ogen en een loopneus: pollen zijn geen pretje”, Metro, 29 February 2016; “Er hangen al pollen in de lucht: hooikoortsseizoen is begonnen”, Het Laatste Nieuws, 10 January 2018; “Pollen kunnen nu al voor hooikoorts zorgen”, De Telegraaf, 22 December 2018).

Synonyms

• stuifmeel

Etymology 2

From English poll.

Verb

pollen

1. (computing) to poll, to periodically check the status of a device or variable.

Inflection

Etymology 3

Noun

pollen

1. Plural form of pol

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.l?n/

Noun

pollen m (plural pollens)

1. pollen

See also

• palynologie
• palynologique
• palynologue
• pollinique
• polliniser
• pollinisateur

Further reading

• “pollen” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Verb

pollen (weak, third-person singular present pollt, past tense pollte, past participle gepollt, auxiliary haben)

1. (computing) to poll, to periodically check the status of a device or variable.

Conjugation

Latin

Alternative forms

• pollis

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare with pulvis and Ancient Greek ???? (pál?, “the finest meal”, “any fine dust”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pol.len/, [?p?l???n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pol.len/, [?p?l??n]

Noun

pollen n (genitive pollinis); third declension

1. (literally) flour, especially fine flour, milldust
2. (transferred sense) the (very) fine powder or dust of other things

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Synonyms

• (transferred sense: fine powder or dust): pulvis

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: pollen
• French: pollen
• Portuguese: pólen
• Spanish: polen

References

• pollen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pollen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• poll?n in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,195/1

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pollen

Noun

pollen n (definite singular pollenet)

1. (botany) pollen

Related terms

• pollinere
• pollinering

References

• “pollen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?l?n?/

Etymology 1

From Latin pollen

Noun

pollen n (definite singular pollenet)

1. (botany) pollen

Related terms

• pollinere
• pollinering

Etymology 2

Noun

pollen m

1. definite singular of poll

References

• “pollen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

pollen n (uncountable)

1. (botany) pollen

Declension

English

Etymology

rag +? weed

Noun

ragweed (plural ragweeds)

1. A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen which people with hay fever are allergic to.

Derived terms

• common ragweed
• great ragweed

Translations

Anagrams

• Edgware, wagered