English Explanatory Dictionary

heather

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
  2. A plant in the family Ericaceae.
  3. Various species of the genus Erica.
  4. Various species of the genus Cassiope.
  5. A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
  6. The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.
adj
  1. Of a purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
name
  1. A female given name from English.
  2. A surname from Middle English.
  3. A village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3910).
  4. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Missouri, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛðə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heather.wav /ˈhɛðɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-heather.wav /ˈheðə/ /ˈhɛðəɾ/ /ˈhiːðəɹ/ /ˈhiːðə/

Word forms

heather heathers hadder hether hather

Etymology

From Middle English hather, hathir, from Old English *hǣddre and hǣþ (“heather”), cognate with Scots hedder, hadder, heddir (“heather”), Saterland Frisian Heede (“heather”), West Frisian heide (“heather”), Dutch heide (“heather”), German Low German Heide, Heid (“heather”), German Heide (“heather”).

Synonyms

ling

Related words

heath briar ericaceous hypericum marsh andromeda whortleberry

Derived words

American heather (Hudsonia tomentosa beach heather bell heather heather-bell common heather double heather false heather goldenheather golden heather green heather heather ale heather-bleat heather cock heathered heather grass heatherless heatherlike heather-mixture heather vole heathery mock heather moss heather mountain heather Scots heather set the heather alight set the heather on fire summer heather take to the heather tree heather white heather winter-flowering heather winter heather

Translations

Albanian: shqopë Arabic: خَلَنْج Asturian: urcia Asturian: ucia Asturian: uza Asturian: uz Asturian: bericiu Breton: brug Catalan: bruc Catalan: bruguerola Catalan: bruguera Chinese Mandarin: 帚石楠 Cornish: grug Czech: vřes Danish: hedelyng Danish: lyng Dutch: heide Esperanto: eriko Faroese: lyngur Finnish: kanerva French: bruyère French: callune Galician: breixo Galician: uz Galician: queiroa German: Besenheide German: Heidekraut Greek: ρείκι Greek: ερείκη Ancient Greek: ἐρείκη Hungarian: hanga Hungarian: csarab Icelandic: lyng Ingrian: kanerva Irish: fraoch Italian: erica Italian: brugo Japanese: ギリュウモドキ Lithuanian: viržis Macedonian: врес Norman: brüethe Norwegian: røsslyng Occitan: bruga Persian: خلنگ Polish: wrzos Portuguese: urze Romanian: iarbă neagră Russian: ве́реск Inari-Sami: hiävuštooŋâs Inari-Sami: riddopáinu Kildin-Sami: нуҏҏт Kildin-Sami: нуаҏҏт Kildin-Sami: кэцкас Northern Sami: heavušdaŋas Northern Sami: livdnju Skolt-Sami: liiunj Scottish Gaelic: fraoch Serbo-Croatian: vrijes Serbo-Croatian: vresak Serbo-Croatian: vres Serbo-Croatian: vrijesak
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