saxifrage

English

Etymology

From Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”).

Noun

saxifrage (countable and uncountable, plural saxifrages)

A plant in the genus Saxifraga.

Derived terms

Derived terms

burnet saxifrage
golden saxifrage

meadow saxifrage
pepper saxifrage

Translations

plant

Dutch: steenbreek
Finnish: rikko (fi)
French: saxifrage (fr) f
Galician: seixebra f
German: Steinbrech m
Icelandic: steinbrjótur (is) m
Italian: sassifraga f

Polish: skalnica f
Portuguese: saxífraga f
Romanian: saxifragă (ro) f
Russian: камнеломка (ru) f (kamnelomka)
Spanish: saxifraga f
Welsh: tormaen m

See also

Saxifraga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Saxifraga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Etymology

Latin saxifraga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sak.si.fʁaʒ/
Homophone: saxifrages

Noun

saxifrage f (plural saxifrages)

Saxifrage, a plant of the genus Saxifraga.

Further reading

“saxifrage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

saxifrage

vocative masculine singular of saxifragus

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