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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|en|/ˈlaɪlək/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈlaɪlək/|a=UK}}
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|en|/ˈlaɪlək/|/ˈlaɪlæk/|/ˈlaɪlɑk/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈlaɪlək/|/ˈlaɪlæk/|/ˈlaɪlɑk/|a=US}}
* {{a|Canada}} {{IPA|en|/ˈlaɪlæk/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈlaɪlæk/|a=Canada}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-lilac.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-lilac.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪlək|aɪlæk|s=2}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪlək|aɪlæk|s=2}}


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{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# A large [[shrub]] of the genus ''[[Syringa]]'', especially ''[[Syringa vulgaris]]'', bearing [[white]], pale-[[pink]]{{,}} or [[purple]] [[flower]]s.
# A large [[shrub]] of the genus ''[[Syringa]]'', especially {{taxfmt|Syringa vulgaris|species}}, bearing [[white]], pale-[[pink]]{{,}} or [[purple]] [[flower]]s.
#* {{RQ:Chambers Younger Set|chapter=Afterglow|page=168|passage=Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted '''lilacs''' sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.}}
#* {{RQ:Chambers Younger Set|chapter=Afterglow|page=168|passage=Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted '''lilacs''' sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.}}
# A [[flower]] of the lilac shrub.
# A [[flower]] of the lilac shrub.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1865|author=w:Walt Whitman|title=Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems|chapter=[[w:When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd|When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d]]
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# {{lb|en|color}} A pale [[purple]] [[color]], the color of some lilac flowers.
|passage={{...}} O death, I cover you over with roses and early lilies, / But mostly and now the '''lilac''' that blooms the first, / Copious I break, I break the sprigs from the bushes, / With loaded arms I come, pouring for you, / For you and the coffins all of you O death.}}
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# A pale [[purple]] [[color]], the color of some lilac flowers.
#: {{color panel|C8A2C8}}
#: {{color panel|C8A2C8}}
# A [[cat]] having a lilac-colored (pale brown) [[coat]].


====Translations====
====Translations====
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* Armenian: {{t+|hy|յասաման}}, {{t+|hy|եղրեւանի}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|յասաման}}, {{t+|hy|եղրեւանի}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|yasəmən}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|yasəmən}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|бэз|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лю́ляк|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лю́ляк|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|lila}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|lila}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|lillà|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lillà|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ライラック|tr=rairakku|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|リラ|tr=rira|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|紫丁香花|tr=murasakihashidoi|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ライラック|tr=rairakku|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|リラ|tr=rira|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|紫丁香花|tr=murasakihashidoi|sc=Jpan}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|бөртегүл}}, {{t|kk|мамыргүл}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|beseņš|m}}, {{t|ltg|beseni|m-p}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|beseņš|m}}, {{t|ltg|beseni|m-p}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|ceriņš|m}}, {{t|lv|ceriņi|p}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|ceriņš|m}}, {{t|lv|ceriņi|p}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|alyva|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|alyva|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|јоргован|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|јоргован|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rairaka}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rairaka}}
* Norwegian:
* Norwegian:
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* Italian: {{t+|it|lillà|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lillà|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ライラック|tr=rairakku|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ライラック|tr=rairakku|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|라일락}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|라일락}}, {{t|ko|수수꽃다리}}, {{t|ko|리라꽃}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|ceriņš|m}}, {{t|lv|ceriņi|p}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|ceriņš|m}}, {{t|lv|ceriņi|p}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|alyva|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|alyva|f}}
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{{trans-top|colour}}
{{trans-top|colour}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|yasəmən}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|yasəməni}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|лю́ляков}}, {{t+|bg|лила́в}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|лю́ляков}}, {{t+|bg|лила́в}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|lila}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|lila}}
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* German: {{t+|de|Lila|n}}, {{t+|de|Violett|n}}
* German: {{t+|de|Lila|n}}, {{t+|de|Violett|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|orgonalila}}, {{t+|hu|halványlila}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|orgonalila}}, {{t+|hu|halványlila}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|lila}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|lilac}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|lilac}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lilla|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lilla|n}}
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# Having a pale purple colour.
# Having a pale purple colour.
# Of a [[cat]] or its [[fur]]: having a pale brown colour, lighter than [[chocolate]].


====Translations====
====Translations====
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===Derived terms===
===Derived terms===
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{{der-top|terms derived from ''lilac''}}
* {{vern|Afghanistan lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa afghanica|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|Afghanistan lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa afghanica|species}})
* {{vern|Australian lilac}} ({{taxlink|Hardenbergia monophylla|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|Australian lilac}} ({{taxlink|Hardenbergia monophylla|species}})
* {{vern|California lilac}} (''[[Ceanothus]]'' spp.)
* {{vern|California lilac}} ({{taxfmt|Ceanothus|genus}} spp.)
* {{vern|Cape lilac}} (''[[Melia azedarach]]'')
* {{vern|Cape lilac}} ({{taxfmt|Melia azedarach|species}})
* {{vern|common lilac}} (''[[Syringa vulgaris]]'')
* {{l|en|Chinese lilac}}
* {{vern|cutleaf lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa laciniata|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|common lilac}} ({{taxfmt|Syringa vulgaris|species}})
* {{vern|daphne lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa microphylla|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|cutleaf lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa laciniata|species}})
* {{vern|early lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa oblata|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|daphne lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa microphylla|species}})
* {{vern|French lilac}} (''[[Syringa vulgaris]]'', ''[[Galega officinalis]]'')
* {{vern|early lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa oblata|species}})
* {{vern|German lilac}} (''[[Centranthus ruber]]'')
* {{vern|French lilac}} ({{taxfmt|Syringa vulgaris|species}}, {{taxfmt|Galega officinalis|species}})
* {{vern|Himalayan lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa emodi|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|German lilac}} ({{taxfmt|Centranthus ruber|species}})
* [[Hungarian lilac]] ({{taxlink|Syringa josikaea|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|Himalayan lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa emodi|species}})
* {{vern|hyacinth lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa hyacinthiflora|species|ver=190517}})
* [[Hungarian lilac]] ({{taxlink|Syringa josikaea|species}})
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* {{vern|hyacinth lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa hyacinthiflora|species}})
* [[Indian lilac]] (''[[Melia azedarach]]'')
* {{vern|Japanese tree lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa reticulata|species|ver=190517}})
* [[Indian lilac]] ({{taxfmt|Melia azedarach|species}})
* {{vern|Korean lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa patula|species|ver=190517}})
* [[Japanese tree lilac]], [[Japan tree lilac]], [[Japanese lilac]] ({{taxlink|Syringa reticulata|species}})
* {{vern|late lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa villosa|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|Korean lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa patula|species}})
* {{vern|lilac-crowned parrot}} (''[[Amazona finschi]]'')
* {{vern|late lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa villosa|species}})
* {{vern|lilac kingfisher}} ({{taxlink|Cittura cyanotis|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|lilac-crowned parrot}} ({{taxfmt|Amazona finschi|species}})
*{{l|en|lilac daphne}}
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* {{vern|lilac mildew}} ({{taxlink|Microsphaera alni|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|lilac kingfisher}} ({{taxlink|Cittura cyanotis|species}})
* {{vern|lilac mildew}} ({{taxlink|Microsphaera alni|species}})
* {{l|en|lilac point}}
* {{l|en|lilac point}}
* {{vern|lilac vine}} ({{taxlink|Hardenbergia violacea|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|lilac vine}} ({{taxlink|Hardenbergia violacea|species}})
* {{l|en|lilacky}}
* {{l|en|lilacky}}
* {{vern|littleleaf lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa microphylla|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|littleleaf lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa microphylla|species}})
* {{vern|mountain lilac}} (''[[Ceanothus]]'' spp.)
* {{vern|mountain lilac}} ({{taxfmt|Ceanothus|genus}} spp.)
* {{vern|native lilac}} ({{taxlink|Hardenbergia violacea|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|native lilac}} ({{taxlink|Hardenbergia violacea|species}})
* {{vern|New Zealand lilac}} ({{taxlink|Hebe hulkeana|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|New Zealand lilac}} ({{taxlink|Hebe hulkeana|species}})
* {{vern|nodding lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa reflexa|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|nodding lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa reflexa|species}})
* {{vern|Peking lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa pekinensis|species|ver=190517}})
* {{vern|Peking lilac}} ({{taxlink|Syringa pekinensis|species}})
* [[Persian lilac]] ({{taxlink|Syringa persica|species|ver=190517}}, ''[[Melia azedarach]]'')
* [[Persian lilac]] ({{taxlink|Syringa persica|species}}, {{taxfmt|Melia azedarach|species}})
* {{vern|summer lilac}} ({{taxlink|Buddleja davidii|species|ver=190517}} et al.)
* {{vern|summer lilac}} ({{taxlink|Buddleja davidii|species}} et al.)
* {{vern|wild lilac}} (''[[Ceanothus]]'' spp.)
* {{vern|wild lilac}} ({{taxfmt|Ceanothus|genus}} spp.)
{{der-bottom}}
{{der-bottom}}

===Descendants===
* {{desc|kw|laylok|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ga|líológ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gv|laylac|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gd|liagh|bor=1}}
* {{desc|cy|leloc|bor=1}}


===See also===
===See also===
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* {{anagrams|en|a=acill|Cilla|calli|calli-}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=acill|Cilla|calli|calli-}}


{{c|en|Colors|Flowers|Olive family plants|Purples}}
{{c|en|Flowers|Olive family plants|Purples}}


==French==
==French==

Latest revision as of 16:04, 14 September 2024

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From obsolete French lilac (now lilas), from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lilac (plural lilacs)

  1. A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
      Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  2. A flower of the lilac shrub.
    • 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
      […] O death, I cover you over with roses and early lilies, / But mostly and now the lilac that blooms the first, / Copious I break, I break the sprigs from the bushes, / With loaded arms I come, pouring for you, / For you and the coffins all of you O death.
  3. A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
    lilac:  
  4. A cat having a lilac-colored (pale brown) coat.

Translations

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Adjective

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lilac (comparative more lilac, superlative most lilac)

  1. Having a pale purple colour.
  2. Of a cat or its fur: having a pale brown colour, lighter than chocolate.

Translations

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Derived terms

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terms derived from lilac

Descendants

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  • → Cornish: laylok
  • → Irish: líológ
  • → Manx: laylac
  • → Scottish Gaelic: liagh
  • → Welsh: leloc

See also

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Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lilac m (plural lilacs)

  1. archaic form of lilas
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