Anemone

See also: anemone, anémone, and anêmone

Translingual

Anemone ranunculoides

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”); named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(English) IPA^(key): /əˈnɛməniː/

Proper noun

Anemone f

A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – the anemones.

References

↑ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
↑ Stearn T. William, Botanical Latin, Redwood Burn, third edition 1983

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anemone.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Anemone f (genitive Anemone, plural Anemonen)

anemone

Declension

Declension of Anemone

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Anemone	die	Anemonen
genitive	einer	der	Anemone	der	Anemonen
dative	einer	der	Anemone	den	Anemonen
accusative	eine	die	Anemone	die	Anemonen

Derived terms

Seeanemone

Further reading

Anemone in Duden online

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