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Definition: Cowslip |
CowslipNoun1. Early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers. 2. Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cowslip" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of gathering cowslips, portends unhappy ending of seemingly close and warm friendships; but seeing them growing, denotes a limited competency for lovers. This is a sinister dream. To see them in full bloom, denotes a crisis in your affairs. The breaking up of happy homes may follow this dream. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: CowslipSynonyms: kingcup (n), marsh marigold (n), meadow bright (n), paigle (n), water dragon (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cowslip |
| English words defined with "cowslip": American cowslip ♦ bur marigold ♦ Lungwort ♦ Palsywort, Petty mullein, polyanthus, Primula polyantha ♦ shooting star. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cowslip": Virginia. (references) |
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| "Cowslip" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.00% of the time. "Cowslip" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 65% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (proper) | 30% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 40 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cowslip": American cowslip ♦ French cowslip ♦ Virginia cowslip. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cowslip | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cowslip"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | primula (primrose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sleutelbloem (primrose), primula (primrose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | esikko (primrose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | primevère. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schlüsselblume (primrose), primel (polyanthus, primrose, Primula). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πασχαλούδα (primrose), πασχαλίτσα (ladybird), παναγίτσα (primrose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mocsári gólyahír (marigold), kankalin (primrose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | primula (primrose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | oenyn, meill-baa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owslipcay primavera (mayflower, primrose, primula, spring, springtime). (various references) ciuboţica cucului (oxlip, Primrose). (various references) primavera (Primrose, spring, springtime). (various references) gullviva (mayflower, primerose, Primrose). (various references) çuhaçiçeği (marsh marigold, polyanthus). (various references) калюжниця, первоцвіт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Primula. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cowslip": cowslips. (additional references) | |
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"Cowslip" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cowsill, Kowski, nonslip. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-l-o-p-s-w" | |
-2 letters: clips, clops, coils, cowls, pisco, plows, polis, scowl, spoil, wilco. | |
-3 letters: clip, clop, coil, cols, cops, cowl, cows, lips, lisp, loci, lops, lows, oils, owls, pics, piso, plow, pois, pols, pows, scop, scow, silo, slip, slop, slow, soil, soli, spic, swop, wisp, wops. | |
-4 letters: cis, col, cop, cos, cow, lip, lis, lop, low. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-l-o-p-s-w" | |
+1 letter: cowslips. | |
+3 letters: pillowcase. | |
+4 letters: pillowcases. | |
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