lilas

See also: Lilas, lîlas, lilás, lilàs, and lila's

Cebuano

Etymology

Likely from the physical nature of early celluloid film, which resembles the long, thin strips of palm leaves used in traditional weaving.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li‧las
• IPA^(key): /ˈlilas/

Noun

lilas (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

1. A long, thin strip, specifically those made from young buri palm leaves used for weaving mats (banig) or bags.
2. Film or celluloid; the material on which motion pictures are recorded.
3. (metonymic) The cinema or motion picture industry.

   Nailhan siya sa kalibotan sa lilas.

   He is well-known in the world of film.

4. A movie or motion picture.

   Gusto ka ba motan-aw og lilas nga aksiyon?

   Do you want to watch an action movie?

Synonyms

• sine (loanword from Spanish cine)
• salida (loanword from Spanish, usually referring to the showing/performance)

Verb

lilas (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

1. To cut or prepare material into strips for weaving.
2. To produce or adapt a story into a motion picture.

   Ilang gili-las ang sugilanon sa iyang kinabuhi.

   They made a movie out of his life story.

Derived terms

• lilasan (a device or tool used for cutting material into strips)

French

Alternative forms

• lilac (archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.?

Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der.

Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)

Classical Persian نِیل (nīl)

Middle Persian 𐭪 (k /⁠-ak⁠/)

Classical Persian ـَک (-ak)

Classical Persian لِیلَک (līlak)bor.

Arabic لِيلَك (līlak)bor.

French lilac

French lilas

Frequently until the nineteenth century lilac, borrowed in the seventeenth from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.la/ ~ /li.lɑ/

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Noun

lilas m (invariable)

1. lilac (plant and colour)

Descendants

Derived terms

• → Basque: lila
• → Breton: lireu
• → Catalan: lilà, lila
• → Corsican: lillà
• → Czech: lila
• → Danish: lilla
• → Dutch: lila
• → English: lilac
  • → Cornish: leylak
  • → Irish: líológ
  • → Manx: laylac
  • → Scottish Gaelic: liagh
  • → Welsh: lelog
• → Friulian: lile
• → Galician: lila
• → German: Lila, lilafarben, lila
  • → Belarusian: ліло́вы (lilóvy)
  • → Latvian: lillā
    • → Estonian: lilla
    • → Livonian: lilla
  • → Polish: lilowy, liliowy
  • → Russian: лило́вый (lilóvyj)
  • → Ukrainian: ліло́вий (lilóvyj)
• → Low German: lila
• → Hungarian: lila
• → Icelandic: lila
• → Italian: lilà, lilla
• → Norwegian Bokmål: lilla
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: lilla
• → Occitan: lillà
• → Polish: lilak, lila
• → Portuguese: lilás
• → Romanian: lila
• → Spanish: lila, lilac
  • → Cebuano: lila
  • → Tagalog: lila
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: лѝла

  Latin script: lìla

• → Slovene: lȋla
• → Swedish: lila
  • → Finnish: liila, lila
• → Turkish: lila
• → Zazaki: lila

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)

blanc	gris	noir
rouge; cramoisi, carmin	orange; brun, marron	jaune; crème
lime	vert	menthe
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard	azur, bleu ciel	bleu
violet, lilas; indigo	magenta; pourpre	rose

Further reading

• “lilas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Spanish

Adjective

lilas m pl or f pl

1. plural of lila

Noun

lilas f pl

1. plural of lila

Volapük

Noun

lilas

1. genitive plural of lil

Yami

Noun

lilas

1. (anatomy) pancreas