myrtle

See also: Myrtle

English

Etymology

From Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜːtəl/
(US) enPR: mûrʹtəl, IPA^(key): /ˈmɝtəl/, [ˈmɝtᵊɫ]
Rhymes: -ɜː(r)təl

Noun

myrtle (plural myrtles)

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

Derived terms

Derived terms

bog myrtle (Myrica gale)
common myrtle (Myrtus communis)
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.)
creeping myrtle (Vinca minor)
crêpe myrtle, crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.)

myrtle warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata)
myrtle wax
rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)
Saharan myrtle (Myrtus nivellei)

sand myrtle, sand myrtle (Kalmia buxifolia)
true myrtle (Myrtus communis)
wax myrtle (Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera))

Translations

evergreen shrub

Arabic: آس‎ (ar) m (ʾās)
Catalan: murta (ca) f
Czech: myrta (cs) f
Danish: myrte
Finnish: myrtti (fi)
French: myrte (fr)
Galician: murteira f, murta f, silvarda f, lundio (gl) m
German: Myrte (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: μυρσίνη f (mursínē)
Hawaiian: mā'kala
Hebrew: הֲדַס‎ (he)
Hungarian: mirtusz (hu)
Italian: mirto m
Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Kurdish:
Sorani: مۆرت‎ (ku) (mort)
Latin: myrtus f
Norwegian: myrte
Persian: مورد‎ (fa) (murd), مور‎ (fa) (mur) (archaic)
Polish: mirt (pl) m
Portuguese: murta (pt) f, mirto (pt) m
Romanian: mirt (ro) m
Russian: мирт (ru) m (mirt)
Spanish: arrayán (es) f, murta (es) f, mirto (es) m
Swahili: mhadasi
Swedish: myrten (sv)
Tagalog: mirto
Turkish: mersin (tr)

References

“myrtle” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

Anagrams

termly

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