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)

Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.

Derived terms

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 (file)
Homophone: saxifrages

Noun

saxifrage f (plural saxifrages)

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

vocative masculine singular of saxifragus

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