lilie

Inherited from Old Czech lilie/lilijě, borrowed from Latin lilium.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪlɪjɛ]
• Hyphenation: li‧lie

lilie f

1. lily

   čistý jako lilie ― pure as a lily

• “lilie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lilie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• lili, lylye, leli, lely, lilye, lyllie, lyly, lylly, lelye

From Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri) (compare Sahidic Coptic ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre)), from Demotic (ḥrry, “flower”), from Egyptian ḥrrt (“flower”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈliliː(ə)/, /ˈleːliː(ə)/

lilie (plural lilies)

1. Lilium candidum, its flower, or a similar plant (often used medicinally)
2. A pure, good, and holy individual (e.g. Jesus, the Virgin Mary)
3. (rare) A representation of a lily; a fleur-de-lis.
4. (rare) Whiteness; the colour of a lily.

• lilie flour

• English: lily
• Scots: lily

• “lilīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 September 2019.

• liliġe

From Latin līlia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.li.e/

lilie f

1. a lily

Weak n-stem:

• Middle English: lilie, lili, lylye, leli, lely, lilye, lyllie, lyly, lylly, lelye
  • English: lily
  • Scots: lily

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lilie”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Borrowed from German Lilie.

lilie f (plural lilii)

1. lily, lilium (flower)

• lilie in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN