daphne

CEFRB2

/ˈdæfni/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A flowering shrub with fragrant flowers.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid.

Examples

  • Daphne is going to open a school.

  • Daphne will open a school.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  2. Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.

More examples

In context

  • Run when you will, the story shall be chang'd; / Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; / The dove pursues the griffin

  • My wife. Daphne. Yes, that was, is, her name. For some reason people have always found it faintly comic. I think it matches very well her damp, dark, myopic beauty.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The green shrub called blank is often planted for its fragrant flowers.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).