gladiolus

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/

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• Rhymes: (US) -oʊləs

gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses)

1. (anatomy) The center part of the sternum.
2. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict‎:

     Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.

• gladiola

• gladdie
• gladiolin

• gladiator

Borrowed from Latin gladiolus, a diminutive form of gladius (“sword”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɣlaː.diˈoː.lʏs/

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• Hyphenation: gla‧di‧o‧lus

gladiolus m (plural gladioli)

1. Dated form of gladiool (“gladiolus, gladiola”).

Diminutive of gladius (“sword”) +‎ -olus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈdi.o.lus/, [ɡɫ̪äˈd̪iɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈdi.o.lus/, [ɡläˈd̪iːolus]

gladiolus m (genitive gladiolī); second declension

1. Little sword, knife
2. Sword lily, gladiolus.

Second-declension noun.

• Catalan: garitjol, → gladiol (learned)
• → English: gladiolus
• French: glaïeul
• Italian: giaggiolo
• Occitan: glaujòl
• → Norwegian: gladiolus

• “gladiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladioler or gladioluser, definite plural gladiolene or gladiolusene)

1. a gladiolus (flowering plant of genus Gladiolus)

• “gladiolus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladiolar or gladiolusar, definite plural gladiolane or gladiolusane)

1. a gladiolus (flowering plant of genus Gladiolus)

• “gladiolus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.