tormentil

tor·men·til

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tawr-men-til]
- /ˈtɔr mɛn tɪl/
- /tɔːmˈentəl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tawr-men-til]
- /ˈtɔr mɛn tɪl/

Definitions of tormentil word

noun tormentil a low European plant, Potentilla erecta, of the rose family, having small, bright-yellow flowers, and a strongly astringent root used in medicine and in tanning and dyeing. 1
noun tormentil a rosaceous downy perennial plant, Potentilla erecta, of Europe and W Asia, having serrated leaves, four-petalled yellow flowers, and an astringent root used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing 0
noun tormentil a European cinquefoil (Potentilla tormentilla) with yellow flowers and rhizomes used in tanning and dyeing 0

See all 3 definitions of tormentil

Information block about the term

Origin of tormentil

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

1350-1400; Middle English tormentille < Medieval Latin tormentilla, equivalent to Latin torment(um) torment + -illa diminutive suffix

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Tormentil

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tormentil

tormentil popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

tormentil usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer