Iris

Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “the messenger of the gods; a rainbow; the iris (of the eye); the flower”)

Iris f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – irises.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Tarachodidae – certain of the mantises.

• (genus of flowers): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Iridaceae – family; Iridoideae - subfamily; Irideae - tribe

• (genus of flowers): Iris subg. Hermodactyloides, Iris subg. Iris, Iris subg. Limniris, Iris subg. Nepalensis, Iris subg. Scorpiris, Iris subg. Xiphium - subgenera
  • Iris germanica - type species

plant

• Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iris (Iridaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Iris (Iridaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Iris at Tropicos
• Iris at USDA Plants database

insect

• Iris (insect) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iris (Tarachodidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

From Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”).

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Iris

1. (Greek mythology) A messenger of the gods, and goddess of rainbows.
   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     What's the matter,
     That this distemper'd messenger of wet,
     The many-colour'd Iris, rounds thine eye?

2. A female given name from Ancient Greek; a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.
   • 1990, Joyce Carol Oates, Because It Is Bitter, And Because It Is My Heart, →ISBN, page 39:

     Persia tells Iris she is named for something special: the iris of the eye. "I thought I was named for a flower," Iris says, disappointed. "An iris is a flower, of course," Persia says, smiling, "but it's this other, too. Our secret. 'The iris of the eye'." "The eye?" Persia snaps her fingers in Iris's eyes. The gesture is so rude and unexpected, Iris will remember it all her life. After this disclosure, Iris doesn't know whether she likes her name any more.

3. (astronomy) 7 Iris, a main belt asteroid.

• Iris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Siri

From English Iris, from Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”).

Iris

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]
2. (Greek mythology) Iris; a messenger of the gods, and goddess of rainbows

Iris

1. (Greek mythology) Iris
2. a female given name

Borrowed from Latin Iris or Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris).

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.rɪs/

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• Hyphenation: Iris
• Homophone: iris

Iris f

1. (Greek mythology) Iris (divine messenger, goddess of rainbows)
2. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈiris/

Iris

1. (Greek mythology) Iris
2. a female given name

• Iiris

Iris f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Iris: Irisarson
• daughter of Iris: Irisardóttir

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁis/

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Iris f

1. (Greek mythology) Iris
2. a female given name

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• IPA^(key): /ˈiːʁɪs/

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• Hyphenation: Iris

Iris f (genitive Iris, plural Iris or Iriden or Irides)

1. (anatomy) iris

   Synonym: Regenbogenhaut

Iris f (proper noun, genitive Iris)

1. (Greek mythology) Iris
2. a female given name

• “Iris” in Duden online
• “Iris” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.ris]

Īris f sg (genitive Īris or Īridis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Iris (messenger of the gods)

Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems), singular only.

• “Īris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Īris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Ancient Greek Ἴρις (Íris).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪ.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.ris]

Iris m sg (genitive Iris); third declension

1. One of the most considerable rivers of Pontus, now the Yeşilırmak

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

• “Iris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Iris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Iris

1. (Greek mythology) Iris
2. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɾis/ [ˈi.ɾis]
• Rhymes: -iɾis
• Syllabification: I‧ris

Iris f

1. a female given name

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Iris c (genitive Iris)

1. (Greek mythology) Iris
2. a female given name

• Siri

From Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”).

Iris

1. (Greek mythology) Iris