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Definition: IRISES

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun iris.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(iris)		 1. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.[Wordnet].
2. Muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye.[Wordnet].
3. Diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening.[Wordnet].
4. The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.[Websters].
5. The rainbow.[Websters].
6. An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.[Websters].
7. The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye.[Websters].
8. A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples.[Websters].
9. See Fleur-de-lis, 2.[Websters].

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Irises" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)


Topics by Level of Interest: IRISES

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Irises (painting) 14     Irises (painting) 14

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).


Computed Synonyms: irises

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   12.1497   irises     iris     orris, rainbow, diaphragm, iris diaphragm, fleur-de-lis   
 2   8.1095   irises     orris     iris, diaphragm, flag, fleur-de-lis, flower-de-luce   
 3   8.0091   irises     diaphragm     membrane, midriff, screen, partition, bulkhead   
 4   1.2398   irises     irides     iris   
 5   1.0092   irises     Gladwin     iris   
 6   1.0090   irises     water flag     iris, landing, grounding, field, formation   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: IRISES

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Berrichon flambe (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises). Additional references: Berrichon, France, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian kosatce (irises), duhovky oka (irises). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Bourguignon laume (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises). Additional references: Bourguignon, France, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina kosatce (irises), duhovky oka (irises). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Champenois glaye (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises), glai (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises), glage (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises). Additional references: Champenois, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Pidgin English 芝兰 (irises and orchids). Additional references: Chinese Pidgin English, Nauru, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 芝兰 (irises and orchids). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 芝蘭 (irises and orchids). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Corse ìride (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises), ìrice (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsi ìride (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises), ìrice (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsican ìride (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises), ìrice (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Corso ìride (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises), ìrice (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsu ìride (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises), ìrice (iris, orris, iris diaphragm, diaphragm, irises). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech kosatce (irises), duhovky oka (irises). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Schwertlilien (irises, Iris), Iris (iris, Gladwin, irises). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Français iris (iris, orris, flag, iris diaphragm, diaphragm). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
French iris (iris, orris, flag, iris diaphragm, diaphragm). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
German Schwertlilien (irises, Iris), Iris (iris, Gladwin, irises). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 창포원 (garden of irises). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 창포원 (garden of irises). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Schwertlilien (irises, Iris), Iris (iris, Gladwin, irises). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Schwertlilien (irises, Iris), Iris (iris, Gladwin, irises). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian Iris (iris, Irises), gli ireos erano in fiore (The irises were in flower). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese アイリス (iris, irises, irides, irising). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 창포원 (garden of irises). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, irises. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top

Constructed Language Translations: IRISES

Language Translations for “irises” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagirathagisathages (irises). Additional references: Athag, irises. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agiragisages (irises). Additional references: Double Dutch, irises. (volunteer)
Leet ||2|535 (irises). Additional references: Leet, irises. (volunteer)
Oppish opiropisopes (irises). Additional references: Oppish, irises. (volunteer)
Pig Latin irisesway (irises). Additional references: Pig Latin, irises. (volunteer)
Terran B irise (irises). Additional references: Terran B, irises. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubirubisubes (irises). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, irises. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor. Top