saxifrage

English

Saxifraga rotundifolia (round-leaved saxifrage)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæk.sə.frɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

saxifrage (countable and uncountable, plural saxifrages)

1. Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.

Derived terms

• alpine saxifrage
• burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
• early saxifrage (Micranthes virginiensis)
• golden saxifrage (Chrysosplenium spp.)
• livelong saxifrage (Saxifraga paniculata)
• meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata)
• mossy saxifrage, moss saxifrage
• pepper saxifrage (Silaum silaus)
• strawberry saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera)

 

Translations

plant

• Bulgarian: обичниче n (običniče)
• Catalan: saxífraga f
• Dutch: steenbreek (nl)
• Finnish: rikko (fi)
• French: saxifrage (fr) f
• Galician: seixebra f
• German: Steinbrech m
• Hungarian: kőtörőfű (hu), kőrontófű
• Icelandic: steinbrjótur (is) m
• Italian: sassifraga f
• Kazakh: тасжарған (tasjarğan)
• Korean: 색소폰 (saeksopon)
• Old English: sundcorn n
• Polish: skalnica (pl) f
• Portuguese: saxífraga f
• Romanian: saxifragă (ro) f
• Russian: камнеломка (ru) f (kamnelomka)
• Spanish: saxifraga f
• Welsh: tormaen m

References

• Saxifraga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saxifraga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Saxifraga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Saxifraga at USDA Plants database
• Saxifraga at Plants of the World Online

French

Etymology

From Latin saxifraga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak.si.fʁaʒ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: saxifrages

Noun

saxifrage f (plural saxifrages)

1. Saxifrage, a plant of the genus Saxifraga

Further reading

• “saxifrage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Adjective

saxifrage

1. vocative masculine singular of saxifragus