different between syringa vs lilac

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Via Dutch or Middle Low German from Latin s?rinx from Ancient Greek ?????? (sûrinx, “pan pipes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?????.??/

Noun

syringa (plural syringas)

1. (archaic) sweet mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius.
2. Hence any of several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus, such as now in the Western United States Philadelphus lewisii.
3. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Syringa, such as the lilacs.

Anagrams

• signary

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.???.?a/

Noun

syringa m (plural syringas)

1. Alternative form of seringa

Interlingua

Noun

syringa (plural syringas)

1. syringe

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sy??rin.?a/, [s?y??????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si?rin.?a/, [si??i???]
• Homophone: S?ringa

Noun

s?ringa f

1. accusative singular of s?rinx

English

Etymology

From obsolete French lilac (now lilas), from Arabic ??????? (l?lak).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?la?l?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?la?l?k/, /?la??læk/

Noun

lilac (plural lilacs)

1. A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.

   • Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

2. A flower of the lilac shrub.
3. (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.

Translations

Adjective

lilac (comparative more lilac, superlative most lilac)

1. Having a pale purple colour.

Translations

Derived terms

See also

• syringa
• bunchflower
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Cilla, calli, calli-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.lak/

Noun

lilac m (plural lilacs)

1. archaic form of lilas