Translingual

Proper noun

Phragmites m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – many reeds.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Arundinoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• For species see Phragmites on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Phragmites on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Wikispecies

Noun

phragmites ‎(plural phragmites)

1. Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φραγμίτης ‎(phragmítēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰraɡˈmiː.teːs/

Noun

phragmītēs m ‎(genitive phragmītis); third declension

1. a kind of reed

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: phragmites
• Translingual: Phragmites

References

• phragmites in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “phragmites”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.