PIE word
*péh₂wr̥
The noun is derived from Late Middle English poppy, Middle English popy, popi, popie (“plant of the genus Papaver; poppy seeds used as a spice”) [and other forms], from Old English popiġ (“poppy”), Early Old English popeġ, popaeġ, popæġ, popei [and other forms], perhaps from Late Latin *papavum, popauer, from Latin papāver (“poppy”), which may be from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”). Doublet of papaver.
Sense 3 (“artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts”) reflects the efforts of American professor and humanitarian Moina Michael (1869–1944) to popularize the wearing of artificial poppies in remembrance of those who fought and died in World War I; she was inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields” (1915) by the Canadian poet and soldier John McCrae (1872–1918): see the quotation.
The adjective is derived from the noun.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas).
Translations (2)
pl jasnoczerwony (of a bright red colour tinted with orange) · pl makowy (of a bright red colour tinted with orange)
PIE word
*péh₂wr̥
The noun is derived from Late Middle English poppy, Middle English popy, popi, popie (“plant of the genus Papaver; poppy seeds used as a spice”) [and other forms], from Old English popiġ (“poppy”), Early Old English popeġ, popaeġ, popæġ, popei [and other forms], perhaps from Late Latin *papavum, popauer, from Latin papāver (“poppy”), which may be from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”). Doublet of papaver.
Sense 3 (“artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts”) reflects the efforts of American professor and humanitarian Moina Michael (1869–1944) to popularize the wearing of artificial poppies in remembrance of those who fought and died in World War I; she was inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields” (1915) by the Canadian poet and soldier John McCrae (1872–1918): see the quotation.
The adjective is derived from the noun.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row, / That mark our place; […] / If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow / In Flanders fields. 1915 May 3 (date composed), John McCrae, “In Flanders Fields”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, London: Published at the office, 85, Fleet Street, published 8 December 1915, →OCLC; republished in In Flanders Fields and Other Poems, New York, N.Y.; London: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons […], 1919, →OCLC, page 3:
We cherish, too, the poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led; / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies, / […] / And now the torch and poppy red / We wear in honor of our dead. / Fear not that ye have died for naught; / We've learned the lesson that ye taught / In Flanders fields. 1918 November 9, Moina Michael, We Shall Keep the Faith; quoted in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the First Session of the Sixty-ninth Congress of the United States of America (United States House of Representatives), volume LXVII, part 4, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 10 February 1926, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3717, column 2:
(countable, uncountable) A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
(Australia, Canada, UK, countable, uncountable) A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.
Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets. 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England under 21 5 Iceland under 21 0: Match report”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2011:
vec papàvaro (plant of the genus Papaver) · fa آذرگون (plant of the genus Papaver) · hi पोस्त (plant of the genus Papaver) · el παπαρούνα (plant of the genus Papaver) · eo papaveto (plant of the genus Papaver) · nb valmue (plant of the genus Papaver) · mk а́фион (plant of the genus Papaver) · eu urdamutur (plant of the genus Papaver) · sq lulëkuqe (plant of the genus Papaver) · da valmue (plant of the genus Papaver) · sc tzantza (plant of the genus Papaver) · ja 芥子 (plant of the genus Papaver) · ur پاپی (plant of the genus Papaver) · hy կակաչ (plant of the genus Papaver) · ga cocán dearg (plant of the genus Papaver) · gl ababa (plant of the genus Papaver) · eo papava ruĝo (bright red colour tinted with orange) · ja 罌粟 (plant of the genus Papaver) · nrf poupi (plant of the genus Papaver) · pl mak (artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts) · es adormidera (plant of the genus Papaver) · eu mitxoleta (plant of the genus Papaver) · yi מאָן (plant of the genus Papaver) · nl maankop (plant of the genus Papaver) · az lalə (plant of the genus Papaver) · wa colåd (plant of the genus Papaver) · abq къвашвхӏа (plant of the genus Papaver) · it papavero (plant of the genus Papaver) · nl klaproos (plant of the genus Papaver) · wa coclet (plant of the genus Papaver) · sh mak (artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts) · mk мак (plant of the genus Papaver) · ka ყაყაჩო (plant of the genus Papaver) · ru мак (plant of the genus Papaver) · eo skarlato (bright red colour tinted with orange) · sh makova boja (bright red colour tinted with orange) · ab абларкыга (plant of the genus Papaver) · lv magone (plant of the genus Papaver) · sc annaeloccu (plant of the genus Papaver) · cy llygad y bwgan (plant of the genus Papaver) · sh mȁk (plant of the genus Papaver) · tzm ⵜⴰⵡⵙⵉⵙⵏⵜ (plant of the genus Papaver) · pdt Monbloom (plant of the genus Papaver) · fi unikko (artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts) · he פרג (plant of the genus Papaver) · oc pabòt (plant of the genus Papaver) · fo valmua (plant of the genus Papaver) · dsb mak (plant of the genus Papaver) · ce петӏамат (plant of the genus Papaver) · pl mak (plant of the genus Papaver) · ar خشخاش (plant of the genus Papaver) · hu pipacs (plant of the genus Papaver) · gld даян (plant of the genus Papaver) · sh boja maka (bright red colour tinted with orange) · oc pavòt (plant of the genus Papaver) · ms bunga madat (plant of the genus Papaver) · vo pop (plant of the genus Papaver) · pl szkarłat (bright red colour tinted with orange) · az xaşxaş (plant of the genus Papaver) · ja ケシ (plant of the genus Papaver) · grc μήκων (plant of the genus Papaver) · sw rangi ya mipopi (bright red colour tinted with orange) · mk бу́лка (plant of the genus Papaver) · id apiun (plant of the genus Papaver) · sw mpopi (plant of the genus Papaver) · fo dreymsólja (plant of the genus Papaver) · lt aguonà (plant of the genus Papaver) · be мак (plant of the genus Papaver) · nrf vamôque (plant of the genus Papaver) · fr coquelicot (artificial poppy flower to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts) · wa pavoe (plant of the genus Papaver) · ckb گوڵاڵە سوورە (plant of the genus Papaver) · ky кызгалдак (plant of the genus Papaver) · fa شقایق (plant of the genus Papaver) · csb mak (plant of the genus Papaver) · fur papavar (plant of the genus Papaver) · sk mak (plant of the genus Papaver) · ru а́лый (bright red colour tinted with orange) · ary بلّمان (plant of the genus Papaver) · mn намуу цэцэг (plant of the genus Papaver) · sl mak (plant of the genus Papaver) · cmn 罌粟 /罂粟 (plant of the genus Papaver) · uk мак (plant of the genus Papaver) · mi papi (plant of the genus Papaver) · is draumsóley (plant of the genus Papaver) · th ป๊อปปี้ (plant of the genus Papaver) · eo papavo (plant of the genus Papaver) · cy pabi (plant of the genus Papaver) · gl papoula (plant of the genus Papaver) · shi ⵜⴱⵏⵏⵄⵎⴰⵏⵜ (plant of the genus Papaver) · gl papoia (plant of the genus Papaver) · fi unikko (plant of the genus Papaver) · et moon (plant of the genus Papaver) · sv vallmo (plant of the genus Papaver) · ko 양귀비 (plant of the genus Papaver) · ja ケシ色 (bright red colour tinted with orange) · cs mák (plant of the genus Papaver) · gl buxaga (plant of the genus Papaver) · tr gelincik (plant of the genus Papaver) · fr pavot (plant of the genus Papaver) · cv мӑкӑнь (plant of the genus Papaver) · et magun (plant of the genus Papaver) · ur پوست (plant of the genus Papaver) · kk көкнәр (plant of the genus Papaver) · ca rosella (plant of the genus Papaver) · uk маковий (bright red colour tinted with orange) · sc thanda (plant of the genus Papaver) · is valmúi (plant of the genus Papaver) · ga poipín (plant of the genus Papaver) · es amapola (plant of the genus Papaver) · wa fleur di tonire (plant of the genus Papaver) · kbd губгъуэӏущхьэ (plant of the genus Papaver) · el παπαρουνί (bright red colour tinted with orange) · nn valmue (plant of the genus Papaver) · pt papoula (plant of the genus Papaver) · fi unikukka (plant of the genus Papaver) · io papavero (plant of the genus Papaver) · la papāver (plant of the genus Papaver) · lb Feierblumm (plant of the genus Papaver) · shi ⴱⵍⵍⵄⵎⴰⵏ (plant of the genus Papaver) · ro mac (plant of the genus Papaver) · sh ма̏к (plant of the genus Papaver) · grc ῥοιάς (plant of the genus Papaver) · gu પોસ (plant of the genus Papaver) · ja ポピー (plant of the genus Papaver) · bg мак (plant of the genus Papaver) · de Mohn (plant of the genus Papaver) · hi पॉपी (plant of the genus Papaver)
From pop (“loud, sharp sound; fizzy drink; to make or burst with a loud, sharp sound; to stand out”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).
Meanings
(informal) Having a popping or bursting sound.
(informal) Of a beverage: resembling soda pop; effervescent, fizzy.
es borboteante (having a popping or busting sound) · es burbujeante (having a popping or busting sound) · eo entuziasma (having a popping or busting sound) · pl wybuchający (having a popping or busting sound) · eo bolanta (having a popping or busting sound) · es entusiástico (having a popping or busting sound) · eo vigla (having a popping or busting sound)
From pop(ular) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).
Meanings
(dated, informal) Popular.
(informal) Typical of, or in the style of, pop music.
I thought Sparks were great; they were very poppy for Island Records. They were considered an oddity but you have to remember that at the time Roxy Music, now everyone's seminal band, were seen as very poppy. 2010, Daryl Easlea, “Island Life”, in Talent is an Asset: The Story of Sparks, London; New York, N.Y.: Omnibus Press, →ISBN:
eo popmuzika (typical, or in the style, of pop music) · sv poppig (typical, or in the style, of pop music) · eo popa (typical, or in the style, of pop music) · fo popputur (typical, or in the style, of pop music) · ru попсовый (typical, or in the style, of pop music) · fi popahtava (typical, or in the style, of pop music) · pl popowy (typical, or in the style, of pop music)