buglossa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būglōssa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [buˈɣlɔ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [buˈɣlo.sa]

Noun

buglossa f (plural buglosses)

1. Italian bugloss (Anchusa azurea)

   Synonyms: boleng, borratja borda, llengua bovina, llengua de vaca

Further reading

• “buglossa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “buglossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “buglossa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “buglossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek βούγλωσσα (boúglōssa, literally “ox tongue”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [buːˈɡɫoːs.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [buˈɡlɔs.sa]

Noun

būglōssa f (genitive būglōssae); first declension

1. oxtongue, bugloss (plant)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	būglōssa	būglōssae
genitive	būglōssae	būglōssārum
dative	būglōssae	būglōssīs
accusative	būglōssam	būglōssās
ablative	būglōssā	būglōssīs
vocative	būglōssa	būglōssae

Synonyms

• (Late Latin) longaevum

Descendants

• Catalan: buglossa
• French: buglosse
  • → English: bugloss

References

• “buglossa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “buglossa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.