physalis

See also: Physalis

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).

Noun

physalis

1. bladder
   • 1800/1801 (anno Reipublicæ Gallicæ IX = in the year 9 of the French Republic), Philippe Petit-Radel, De amoribus Pancharitis et Zoroæ poema erotico-didacticon, Vita auctoris, pages lxxxviij - lxxxix:

     Mitto quæ haberem dicenda de holothuriis physalibus, de medusis velellis et argonautis argo, tum loliginibus et scolopendra phosphorea (1) in quibus incidimus dum viam versus insulam de l'Ascension carperemus, utpote quæ sint ab observatoribus toties relata.

     (1) Holothuria physalis, medusa velella et Argonauta Argo dum placidum est mare, ex imis emergunt fluctibus et natantes, […]

Declension

Latin:

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	phȳsalis	phȳsalēs
genitive	phȳsalis	phȳsalium
dative	phȳsalī	phȳsalibus
accusative	phȳsalem	phȳsalēs phȳsalīs
ablative	phȳsale	phȳsalibus
vocative	phȳsalis	phȳsalēs

Related terms

• Holothuria physalis (syn. of Physalia physalis)
• Physalis

English

physalis fruit (goldenberry, Physalis peruviana)

Etymology

From New Latin Physalis, coined by Linnaeus from Ancient Greek φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder, wind instrument”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪsəlɪs/, /ˈfaɪsəlɪs/, /faɪˈseɪlɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

physalis (plural physalises)

1. Any plant of the genus Physalis.
2. Fruit of such a plant, a yellow-orange berry, typically firm in texture with a mild, refreshing acidity.

   Hyponyms: Cape gooseberry, goldenberry, tomatillo

   • 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 350:

     ‘I going cook with them physalis for weeks.’

   • 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 340:

     Roland sat on the edge of the bed and ate all the courtesy chocolates, kiwis, physalises and salted nuts and drank a litre of carbonated water.

Translations

plant of the genus Physalis

• Armenian: հարսնախոտ (hy) (harsnaxot)
• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: physalis
• Finnish: lyhtykoiso (fi)
• German: Blasenkirsche f, Judenkirsche f, Physalis f
• Persian: عروسک پشت پرده ('arusak-e pošt-e parde), فیسالیس (fisâlis), کاکنج (fa) (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj)
• Polish: miechunka f
• Portuguese: fisális f
• Romanian: physalis n
• Spanish: uchuva (es) f (Physalis peruviana)

fruit of such a plant

• Finnish: lyhtykoison marja
• German: Kapstachelbeere (de) f (Physalis peruviana), Physalis f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Physalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Physalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Hayslips