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fritillary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹɪtɪləɹi/ (obsolete)
• /fɹɪˈtɪləɹi/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɹəˈtɪləɹi/

Etymology

From Latin fritillus (“dice-box, or possibly, checkerboard”).

Meanings

1. Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern.
   • Fritillaries are as fundamental a part of the British water meadow landscape as Ratty and Mole slowly punting along under a willow tree. They speak of opalescent spring mornings, with their distinctive chequered bells bowed earthward and beaded with dew, a dark counterpoint to the acid-fresh grass. 2014 April 6, Naomi Slade, “Fritillaries: Don't forget these lilies of the field: Make a pilgrimage to one of Britain’s few fritillary meadows this season [print version (5 April 2014, p. G5): Consider the lilies of the field]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), London:
2. Any of several butterflies, of the family Nymphalidae, having wings with black or silvery spots.
   • The Nymphalidae are a very extensive group, of generally strong-winged and very bright-coloured butterflies, very abundant in the tropics, and represented in our own country by our Fritillaries, our Vanessas, and our Purple-emperor. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 438:

Forms

Deriveds

heath fritillary · marsh fritillary · Diana fritillary · Glanville fritillary · regal fritillary · pearl-bordered fritillary · dark green fritillary · Falklands fritillary

Translations (19)

de Scheckenfalter (butterfly of family Nymphalidae) · fr fritillaire (plant of genus Fritillaria) · pl szachownica (plant of genus Fritillaria) · cs řebčík (plant of genus Fritillaria) · fi kirjopikarililja (plant of genus Fritillaria) · ro bibilică (plant of genus Fritillaria) · lt margutė (plant of genus Fritillaria) · de Kaiserkrone (plant of genus Fritillaria) · hy արքայածաղիկ (plant of genus Fritillaria) · bg ходжово лале (plant of genus Fritillaria) · bg туг (plant of genus Fritillaria) · ar عَرَار (plant of genus Fritillaria) · fi täpläperhonen (butterfly of family Nymphalidae) · ca fritil·lària (plant of genus Fritillaria) · el φριτιλαρία (plant of genus Fritillaria) · de Schachblume (plant of genus Fritillaria) · ar بُوقِيَّة (plant of genus Fritillaria) · ru ря́бчик (plant of genus Fritillaria) · fa لاله واژگون (plant of genus Fritillaria)