English Explanatory Dictionary

tulip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
  2. The flower of this plant.
noun
  1. Acronym for the Five Points of Calvinist doctrine: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance of the saints
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. A female given name from English, of rare usage.

Pronunciation

/ˈtulɪp/ /ˈtjuːlɪp/ /ˈtʃuːlɪp/ en-us-tulip.ogg

Word forms

tulip tulips

Etymology

From Middle French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban.

Related words

Tulipa

Derived words

cottage tulip May-flowering tulip Tulip tulip-breaking virus tulip bulb tulip-eared tulip glass tulip-like tulip mania tulip poplar tulip root tulip shell tulip snail tulip tree

Translations

Afrikaans: tulp Albanian: tulipani Arabic: لَعْلَع Arabic: تُولِيب Aragonese: tulipán Armenian: վարդակակաչ Aromanian: pãteadzã Aromanian: lalei Aromanian: tulipã Asturian: tulipán Azerbaijani: tülpan Azerbaijani: dağlaləsi Basque: idibihotz Basque: kukupel Belarusian: цюльпа́н Bulgarian: лале́ Buryat: алтан зула сэсэг Catalan: tulipa Chechen: алцӏензӏам Cherokee: ᏚᎵᏈ Chinese Cantonese: 鬱金香 /郁金香 Chinese Mandarin: 鬱金香 /郁金香 Corsican: tulipanu Czech: tulipán Danish: tulipan Dutch: tulp Esperanto: tulipo Estonian: tulp Faroese: tulipan Finnish: tulppaani French: tulipe Galician: tulipán Georgian: ტიტა German: Tulpe German: Tulipaane Greek: τουλίπα Hebrew: צבעוני Hindi: ट्यूलिप Hindi: लाला Hungarian: tulipán Icelandic: túlípani Indonesian: tulip Irish: tiúilip Italian: tulipano Japanese: チューリップ Japanese: 鬱金香 Kazakh: қызғалдақ Korean: 튤립
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