Lily

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English

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A lily plant

Etymology

Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek leirion, from Template:Cop[[Category:Template:Cop derivations|Lily]] (dial. Fayyumic) hleri, from standard hreri, from Demotic hrry, from Egyptian hereret (Hrṛt), 'flower'.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪli/

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• Rhymes: -ɪli

Noun

Singular Lily

Plural lilies

Lily (lilies)

1. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium, which includes a great many ornamental species.
2. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.

Derived terms

Derived terms

arum lily belladonna lily calla lily cobra lily day lily Easter lily fawn lily lily of the field Mariposa lily

palm lily rock lily spider lily star lily tiger lily trout lily water lily

Translations

flower in the genus Lilium

Armenian: շուշան (šušan) Czech: lilie cs(cs) f. Danish: lilje da(da) c. Finnish: lilja fi(fi) French: lys fr(fr) m. German: Lilie de(de) f. Hungarian: liliom hu(hu) Icelandic: lilja is(is) f. Indonesian: bunga bakung Italian: giglio it(it) m. Japanese: ユリ, 百合 (ゆり, yuri) Korean: 나리 ko(ko), 백합 ko(ko)

Latin: līlium la(la) n. Lithuanian: lelija lt(lt) f. Maltese: Ġilju Norwegian: Bokmål: lilje no(no) m. and f. Nynorsk: lilje nn(nn) f. Polish: lilia pl(pl) f. Portuguese: lírio pt(pt) m. Romanian: crin ro(ro) m. Russian: лилия ru(ru) (lílija) f. Spanish: azucena es(es) f. Swedish: lilja sv(sv) c. Turkish: zambak tr(tr)

Adjective

Lily (not comparable)

Positive Lily

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. (slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).
   • 1994, Colleen Faulkner, Captive

     "Can't you see I'm trying to save your lily ass?" "I don't want to be saved," Tess moaned as he hauled her up and into his lap with one beefy hand.

Anagrams

• illy,
• yill

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