iris

Etymology
From, from , from. Presuming an earlier form, possibly from a derivative of , from. If so, it would be cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun
(See Usage notes)


 * 1)   A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See ).
 * 2)  The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See ).
 * 3)  A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of controlling the amount of light reaching a lens.
 * 4)  A rainbow, or other colourful refraction of light.
 * 5)  A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
 * 6)  The inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
 * 1)  The inner circle of an oscillated color spot.

Usage notes

 * For the part of the eye, the most common plural is irises, though irides is usual in medical contexts.
 * For the flower both iris and irises are in common use.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: iris
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ирис, перуника
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: elester, elestren
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Faroese: mækja
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ზამბახი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: glóiriam, ireas
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: qūrtqaşaş, құртқашаш
 * Korean: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: vilkdalgis
 * Macedonian: перуника, ирис
 * Maori: mīkoikoi
 * Middle English: flourdelis
 * Navajo: niteel bitʼąąʼ łánígíí
 * Norwegian: sverdlilje, mækje
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Schelplelje
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: seileastair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: и̑рис, перу̀ника
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovene: perunika
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: airisi
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: איריס


 * Afrikaans: reënboogvlieg
 * Arabic: قُزَحِيَّة
 * Egyptian Arabic: قزحية, سواد العين
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian: ирис
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: byw an lagas, iris
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: iriso
 * Faroese: lithinna
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: თვალის გარსი, ფერადი გარსი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish:, inteachán, seall
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: nūrly qabyq
 * Khmer: ប្រស្រី,, កែវភ្នែក, អក្សិតារា
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: rengîne
 * Latvian: varavīksnene
 * Lithuanian: rainelė
 * Macedonian: шареница
 * Maori: tiwha
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo: anázhiin
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: regnbuehinne,
 * Nynorsk: regnbogehinne, iris
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: и̑рис, шарѐница, ду̏жица
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:, inlaan, bahay-balintataw
 * Thai: ม่านตา
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: mống mắt
 * Volapük:
 * Yiddish: איריס


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бле̑нда
 * Roman:

Verb

 * 1)  To open or close in the manner of an iris.
 * 2)  To cause (something) to shine with the colours of the rainbow; to make iridescent.

Noun

 * 1)  side of the body

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  part of the eye

Etymology
Borrowed from or  (itself from Latin), from.

Noun

 * 1)  iris coloured part of the eye

Etymology
,.

Noun

 * 1) slice

Verb

 * 1) to slice

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) strap, sling

Declension

 * Alternative plural forms:

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  belief, faith, religion

Noun

 * 1) magazine, journal
 * 2) gazette
 * 1) gazette
 * 1) gazette

Etymology
,.

Noun

 * 1)  flower

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) rainbow

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  an
 * 2)  an

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  an
 * 2)  an

Etymology
,, from.

Noun

 * 1)   of the eye

Noun

 * 1)   flower

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) magazine, periodical

Etymology
,.