English
WOTD – 24 August 2010, 24 August 2011
Etymology
From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“fall down”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs/
- (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.u.əs/
Adjective
deciduous (not comparable)
- (biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
- Antonyms: persistent, permanent
- (botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
- Antonyms: evergreen, sempervirent
- Synonym: perdifoil. Compare caducous.
a deciduous tree
- (figurative) Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.
Derived terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 33 e)
Translations
describing a part that falls off, or is shed
- Armenian: գցվող (gcʻvoġ), փոխվող (pʻoxvoġ), թափվող (tʻapʻvoġ)
- Catalan: caduc (ca), decidu (ca)
- French: caduc (fr), décidual (fr)
- Georgian: მოსაცვლელი (mosacvleli), სარძევე (sarʒeve) (of teeth only)
- Hungarian: leeső, lehulló (hu), lehullajtott
- Italian: caduco (it), deciduo (it)
- Korean: 탈락성 (tallakseong)
- Old English: hrurul
- Portuguese: caduco (pt), decíduo
- Russian: сбра́сываемый (ru) (sbrásyvajemyj), моло́чный (ru) (molóčnyj) (of teeth only)
- Spanish: caduco (es), deciduo
- Turkish: geçici (tr)
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of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season
- Armenian: սաղարթավոր (hy) (saġartʻavor)
- Bulgarian: листопаден (listopaden)
- Catalan: caducifoli
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (deciduous tree) 落葉喬木 / 落叶乔木 (zh) (luòyè qiáomù)
- Czech: opadavý (cs)
- Danish: løvfældende (da)
- Dutch: bladverliezend (nl), loofverliezend
- Esperanto: falfolia
- Finnish: lehtensä pudottava, kesävihanta (fi)
- French: à feuilles caduques, caducifolié (fr)
- Georgian: ფოთოლმცვენი (potolmcveni), ფოთლოვანი (potlovani)
- German: Laub- (as in Laubbaum (deciduous tree) or Laubwald (deciduous forest)); (as an adjective) laubabwerfend (de), sommergrün (de)
- Greek: φυλλοβόλος (el) (fyllovólos)
- Hungarian: lombhullató (hu)
- Irish: duillsilteach
- Italian: caducifoglio
- Japanese: 落葉樹 (ja) (らくようじゅ, rakuyōju) (deciduous tree)
- Kannada: ಪರ್ಣಪಾತಿ (parṇapāti)
- Kazakh: жапырақты (japyraqty)
- Korean: 낙엽성 (nagyeopseong)
- Macedonian: листо́паден (listópaden)
- Manx: yn-lhoamey
- Maori: rauhoro
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: løvfellende, lauvfellende
- Nynorsk: lauvfellande
- Old English: hrurul
- Polish: liściasty (pl) m
- Portuguese: caducifólio
- Russian: ли́ственный (ru) (lístvennyj), листопа́дный (ru) (listopádnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: seargach
- Serbo-Croatian: listopadni (sh)
- Spanish: caducifolio (es), de hoja caduca
- Swedish: lövfällande (sv)
- Turkish: yaprak döken, yapraklarını döken
- Welsh: collddail (cy)
- Yakut: сэбирдэхтээх (sebirdeqteeq)
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transitory, ephemeral, not lasting
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