Hemlock

//ˈhɛmˌlɒk//

Synonyms for "hemlock" (77 found)

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Translations

89 translations across 46 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • kukutë noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • magunë noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κώνειον noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شَوْكَرَان noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մոլեխինդ noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • cucutã noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • аме́жнік noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • балігало́ў noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • о́мег noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • бучини́ш noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • мангу́на noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Catalan

2 entries
  • cicuta noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • tsuga noun (tree)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 毒参 noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • 毒芹 noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • 鐵杉 /铁杉 noun (tree)

Cornish

2 entries
  • kegis noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • kegisen noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Czech

2 entries
  • bolehlav noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • jedlovec noun (tree)

Danish

3 entries
  • hemlock noun (tree)
  • skarntyde noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • skarntydegran noun (tree)

Dutch

2 entries
  • hemlockspar noun (tree)
  • scheerling noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • cugo noun (tree)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tsuuga noun (tree)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hemlokki noun (tree)
  • katko noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • katkon myrkky noun (poison)
  • myrkkykatko noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

French

2 entries
  • ciguë noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • pruche noun (tree)

Galician

1 entries
  • canafrecha noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

German

4 entries
  • Fleckenschierling noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • Gefleckter Schierling noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • Hemlocktanne noun (tree)
  • Schierling noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Greek

4 entries
  • κιρκούτα noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • κώνειο noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • μαγγοῦνα noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • μαγγοῦτα noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רֹאשׁ noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bürök noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Italian

1 entries
  • cicuta noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ツガ noun (tree)
  • noun (tree)
  • 毒人参 noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • убалдырған noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Korean

1 entries
  • 독당근 noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Latin

1 entries
  • cicūta noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • mauda noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • бу́чумиш noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • hemlokk noun (tree)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • մոլախինդ noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بالدران noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Persian

1 entries
  • شوکران noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Polish

2 entries
  • choina noun (tree)
  • szczwół noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • cicuta noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • tsuga noun (tree)

Romanian

1 entries
  • cucută noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Russian

3 entries
  • болиголо́в noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • оме́г noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • тсу́га noun (tree)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • a-theodha noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • de-theodha noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • i-teodha noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kùkuta noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • ку̀кута noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Slovene

1 entries
  • míšjak noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Spanish

2 entries
  • cicuta noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • falso abeto noun (tree)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hemlockgran noun (tree)

Turkish

3 entries
  • ağı otu noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • baldıran (tr) noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • suga noun (tree)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • болиголо́в noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • оме́г noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • оме́жник noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • тсу́га noun (tree)

Volapük

3 entries
  • konid noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • konidavenen noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)
  • stenöfakonid noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cegid noun (poisonous plant of genus Conium)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Far away beyond the pine-woods, there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.

Source: tatoeba (5420666)

Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking an infusion of poison hemlock.

Source: tatoeba (12101288)

Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.

Source: wiktionary

In the Tyrol, on May Day, it was the custom to smoke out witches by burning bundles of black and red spotted hemlock. In the eighteenth century hemlock was used for treating cancer, syphilis, and ulcers.

Source: wiktionary

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