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forget-me-not en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /fəˈɡɛt.miːˌnɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.

Meanings

  1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
    • Sending you forget-me-nots / To help you to remember / Baby, please forget me not / I want you to remember 1982, Patrice Rushen, “Forget Me Nots”, in Straight from the Heart:
  2. Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum
  3. A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
  4. Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.

Forms

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Coordinates

see at Appendix:Colors

Deriveds

Chinese forget-me-not

Translations (70)

sh незаборавак (plant of the genus Myosotis) · fy ferjit-my-net (plant of the genus Myosotis) · it nontiscordardimé (plant of the genus Myosotis) · uk люби-мене (plant of the genus Myosotis) · pt miosótis (plant of the genus Myosotis) · cy nâd-fi'n angof (plant of the genus Myosotis) · eu oroilore (plant of the genus Myosotis) · sh nezaboravak (plant of the genus Myosotis) · stq Ferjätmienit (plant of the genus Myosotis) · kbd кърухугу (plant of the genus Myosotis) · sl spominčica (plant of the genus Myosotis) · csb niezabôtka (plant of the genus Myosotis) · tt күгəрчен күзе (plant of the genus Myosotis) · kk ботакөз (plant of the genus Myosotis) · cs pomněnka (plant of the genus Myosotis) · hy անմոռուկ (plant of the genus Myosotis) · et meelespea (plant of the genus Myosotis) · la myosotis (plant of the genus Myosotis) · fy forjit my net (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ota صیچان قولاغی (plant of the genus Myosotis) · tr unutmabeni (plant of the genus Myosotis) · fr myosotis (plant of the genus Myosotis) · fi lemmikki (plant of the genus Myosotis) · lt neužmirštuõlė (plant of the genus Myosotis) · it miosotide (plant of the genus Myosotis) · bg незабравка (plant of the genus Myosotis) · fr ne-m'oubliez-pas (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ja 勿忘草 (plant of the genus Myosotis) · cmn 勿忘我 (plant of the genus Myosotis) · is gleym-mér-ei (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ko 물망초 (plant of the genus Myosotis) · sk nezábudka (plant of the genus Myosotis) · fo hoylús (plant of the genus Myosotis) · cmn 勿忘草 (plant of the genus Myosotis) · pt não-me-esqueças (plant of the genus Myosotis) · os ма-рох-кӕн (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ka კესანე (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ca nomoblidis (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ro nu-mă-uita (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ka ცისანა (plant of the genus Myosotis) · az yaddaşçiçəyi (plant of the genus Myosotis) · de Vergissmeinnicht (plant of the genus Myosotis) · uk незабу́дка (plant of the genus Myosotis) · gl nonmesquezas (plant of the genus Myosotis) · nn forgløymmegei (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ga lus míonla (plant of the genus Myosotis) · vi lưu ly (plant of the genus Myosotis) · pl niezabudka (plant of the genus Myosotis) · sv förgätmigej (plant of the genus Myosotis) · da forglemmigej (plant of the genus Myosotis) · fo gloymmegei (plant of the genus Myosotis) · sq lule mosmëharro (plant of the genus Myosotis) · hu nefelejcs (plant of the genus Myosotis) · be незабу́дка (plant of the genus Myosotis) · szl żabiłoczko (plant of the genus Myosotis) · nn minneblom (plant of the genus Myosotis) · el μη με λησμόνει (plant of the genus Myosotis) · eo miozoto (plant of the genus Myosotis) · eo neforgesumino (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ar أُذْن الفَأْر (plant of the genus Myosotis) · et lõosilm (plant of the genus Myosotis) · nb forglemmegei (plant of the genus Myosotis) · nl vergeet-mij-niet (plant of the genus Myosotis) · es nomeolvides (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ro miozotis (plant of the genus Myosotis) · ru незабу́дка (plant of the genus Myosotis) · pl niezapominajka (plant of the genus Myosotis) · hsb njezapomničak (plant of the genus Myosotis) · br daoulagad-ar-werc'hez (plant of the genus Myosotis) · lv neaizmirstule (plant of the genus Myosotis)