tulip

B2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /ˈtulɪp/ See IPA manual

Freq #17114

Meanings

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noun
A garden plant that grows from a bulb and produces a single, brightly coloured, cup-shaped flower in spring.

Tulips are strongly associated with the Netherlands.

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Forms tulips

Derived forms tulip-earedtulip-like

Related forms tulipa

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tulip poplar
a tall North American tree with tulip-shaped greenish-yellow flowers, also called a tulip tree

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Tulip entered English in the late 16th century from French tulipe, ultimately tracing through Turkish to the same Persian source as turban. The flower was named in Turkish because its wild form was thought to resemble a turban.

Etymology

From Middle French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban.

*ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- Proto-Indo-European tulipe Middle French دلبند fa-cls

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# tulip

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtulɪp/
**Frequency rank:** 17114

## Meanings
1. A garden plant that grows from a bulb and produces a single, brightly coloured, cup-shaped flower in spring.

## Examples
- Tulips are strongly associated with the Netherlands.

## Derived Forms
- tulip-eared
- tulip-like

## Related Forms
- tulipa

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱerd-
- Root: *bʰendʰ-
- Root: tulipe
- Root: دلبند

## Etymology
From Middle French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban.

## AI Etymology
Tulip is from Middle French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-, Middle French tulipe, ota دلبند, fa-cls دلبند. In present-day use, it can mean a garden plant that grows from a bulb and produces a single, brightly coloured, cup-shaped flower in spring. Derived formations include tulip-eared, tulip-like.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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