bulbil

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Etymology

From Spanish bulbillo, from the diminutive form of Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Noun

bulbil (plural bulbils)

1. (botany) A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.

   Synonyms: bulbel, bulblet

2. (anatomy) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.

Translations

bulb-shaped bud

Catalan: bulbil (ca) m German: Brutzwiebel (de) f Italian: bulbillo m Polish: bulwka f Tagalog: bulaksuloy

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish bulbillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bulˈβil]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [bulˈbil]

Noun

bulbil m (plural bulbils)

1. bulbil

Related terms

• bulb
• bulbil·lífer

Further reading

• “bulbil”, 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
• “bulbil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bulbille.

Noun

bulbil m (plural bulbili)

1. bulbil

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bulbil	bulbilul		bulbili	bulbilii
genitive-dative	bulbil	bulbilului		bulbili	bulbililor
vocative	bulbilule			bulbililor