heather
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: heathers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hadder
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: hether
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: hather
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: hadder
pos: adj
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: hether
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: hather
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The cutting sides were gay with heather in bloom, and masses of dainty Scots bluebells, while patches of clear sky overhead were bringing life and colour to the sea.
gloss: A plant in the family Ericaceae.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Various species of the genus Erica.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Various species of the genus Cassiope.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Of a purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
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:
lang: Albanian
word: shqopë
lang: Arabic
word: خَلَنْج
roman: ḵalanj
lang: Asturian
word: urcia
lang: Asturian
word: ucia
lang: Asturian
word: uza
lang: Asturian
word: uz
lang: Asturian
word: bericiu
lang: Breton
word: brug
lang: Catalan
word: bruc
lang: Catalan
word: bruguerola
lang: Catalan
word: bruguera
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 帚石楠
roman: zhǒushínán
lang: Cornish
word: grug
lang: Czech
word: vřes
lang: Danish
word: hedelyng
lang: Danish
word: lyng
lang: Dutch
word: heide
lang: Esperanto
word: eriko
lang: Faroese
word: lyngur
lang: Finnish
word: kanerva
lang: French
word: bruyère
lang: French
word: callune
lang: Galician
word: breixo
lang: Galician
word: uz
lang: Galician
word: queiroa
lang: German
word: Besenheide
lang: German
word: Heidekraut
lang: Greek
word: ρείκι
roman: reíki
lang: Greek
word: ερείκη
roman: ereíki
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐρείκη
roman: ereíkē
lang: Hungarian
word: hanga
lang: Hungarian
word: csarab
lang: Icelandic
word: lyng
lang: Ingrian
word: kanerva
lang: Irish
word: fraoch
lang: Italian
word: erica
lang: Italian
word: brugo
lang: Japanese
word: ギリュウモドキ
roman: giryūmodoki
lang: Lithuanian
word: viržis
lang: Macedonian
word: врес
roman: vres
lang: Norman
word: brüethe
lang: Norwegian
word: røsslyng
lang: Occitan
word: bruga
lang: Persian
word: خلنگ
roman: xalang
lang: Polish
word: wrzos
lang: Portuguese
word: urze
lang: Romanian
word: iarbă neagră
lang: Russian
word: ве́реск
roman: véresk
lang: Inari-Sami
word: hiävuštooŋâs
lang: Inari-Sami
word: riddopáinu
lang: Kildin-Sami
word: нуҏҏт
roman: nur̥r̥t
lang: Kildin-Sami
word: нуаҏҏт
roman: nuar̥r̥t
lang: Kildin-Sami
word: кэцкас
roman: keckas
lang: Northern Sami
word: heavušdaŋas
lang: Northern Sami
word: livdnju
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: liiunj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fraoch
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vrijes
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vresak
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vres
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vrijesak
lang: Spanish
word: brezo
lang: Spanish
word: urce
lang: Swedish
word: ljung
lang: Veps
word: kanabrʹ
lang: Volapük
word: brüyär
lang: Võro
word: kanarik
lang: Welsh
word: grug