trillium

See also: Trillium

English

sweet trillium (Trillium albidum)

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪli.əm/, /ˈtɹɪljəm/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪləm/

Noun

trillium (plural trilliums)

1. Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals

Derived terms

• nodding trillium
• painted trillium
• red toad trillium
• red trillium
• white trillium
• yellow trillium

 

Translations

any of several perennial flowering plants of the genus Trillium

• Portuguese: trílio m

Further reading

• Trillium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trillium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Trillium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

Said to be altered from Swedish trilling (“triplet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtril.li.um/, [ˈt̪rɪlːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtril.li.um/, [ˈt̪rilːium]

Noun

trillium n (genitive trilliī or trillī); second declension

1. trillium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	trillium	trillia
genitive	trilliī trillī1	trilliōrum
dative	trilliō	trilliīs
accusative	trillium	trillia
ablative	trilliō	trilliīs
vocative	trillium	trillia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).