τριαντάφυλλο
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek τριαντάφυλλον (triantáphullon, “rose”, literally “thirty-leaved”), from τριάντα (triánta) + φύλλον (phúllon).
Noun
τριαντάφυλλο • (triantáfyllo) n (plural τριαντάφυλλα)
- (flower) rose
- spoon sweet made from rose petals
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τριαντάφυλλο (triantáfyllo) | τριαντάφυλλα (triantáfylla) |
| genitive | τριαντάφυλλου (triantáfyllou) | τριαντάφυλλων (triantáfyllon) |
| accusative | τριαντάφυλλο (triantáfyllo) | τριαντάφυλλα (triantáfylla) |
| vocative | τριαντάφυλλο (triantáfyllo) | τριαντάφυλλα (triantáfylla) |
Synonyms
- ρόδο n (ródo)
Related terms
- τριανταφυλλιά f (triantafylliá, “rosebush”)
- τριανταφυλλής (triantafyllís, “rose coloured”, adjective)
- τριανταφυλλί n (triantafyllí, “rose colour”, noun)
- άγριο τριαντάφυλλο n (ágrio triantáfyllo, “wild rose”)
Descendants
- → Albanian: trëndafil
- → Aromanian: trandafilã
- → Ladino: trandafila
- → Romanian: trandafir
- → Ukrainian: троя́нда (trojánda)
- → Bulgarian: трендафил (trendafil)
- → Macedonian: трендафил (trendafil)
Further reading
- τριαντάφυλλο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el