Holly

//ˈhɑli//

Synonyms for "holly" (20 found)

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Translations

92 translations across 60 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ashe noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κήλαστρος noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Arabic

2 entries
  • إِيلِكْس noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • بَهَشِيَّة noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Armenian

1 entries
  • փշարմավ noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Asturian

1 entries
  • acebu noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • pirkal noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • şümşə noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Basque

1 entries
  • gorosti noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Breton

1 entries
  • kelenn noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • бодлива зеленика noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • джел noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Catalan

1 entries
  • grèvol noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏍᏓᏍᏗ noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 冬青 noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Cornish

2 entries
  • kelyn noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • kelynnen noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Czech

1 entries
  • cesmína noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Danish

1 entries
  • kristtorn noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Dutch

1 entries
  • hulst noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ilekso noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Estonian

2 entries
  • astelpõõsas noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • iileks noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Finnish

1 entries
  • orjanlaakeri noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Franco-Provençal

1 entries
  • agriblon noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

French

1 entries
  • houx noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Friulian

1 entries
  • rafacon noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Galician

2 entries
  • acivro noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • xardón noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბაძგი noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • ჭყორი noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

German

4 entries
  • Hulse noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • Hulst noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • Hülsdorn noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • Hülse noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Greek

1 entries
  • ίλεξ noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • magyal noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Ido

1 entries
  • ilexo noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Irish

2 entries
  • crann cuilinn noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • cuileann noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Italian

1 entries
  • agrifoglio noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 犬黄楊 noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • 西洋柊 noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • 黐の木 noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Latin

1 entries
  • acrifolium noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • bugienis noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Mingrelian

3 entries
  • ბარცხელი noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • ბარცხინი noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • ბაძგი noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Navajo

1 entries
  • didzéłchííʼ noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Norman

1 entries
  • housse noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • kristtorn noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Occitan

4 entries
  • agreu noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • agrèvol noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • grefuèlh noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • grifol noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Old English

1 entries
  • holen noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • پرنال noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Persian

1 entries
  • خاس noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Polish

1 entries
  • ostrokrzew noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • azevinho noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Quechua

2 entries
  • asiwu noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • wayusa noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Romanian

2 entries
  • ilice noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • laur noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Russian

2 entries
  • остроли́ст noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • па́дуб noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • alase noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • bolostru noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • golosti noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • olosti noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • crann-cuilinn noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • craobh-chuilinn noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • cuileann noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • božíkovina noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • божи́ковина noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • addaurufogghiu noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Slovak

1 entries
  • cezmína noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Slovene

1 entries
  • bodíka noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Spanish

1 entries
  • acebo noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Svan

1 entries
  • ბა̈რცხილ noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Swedish

1 entries
  • järnek noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • asebo noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Turkish

1 entries
  • çobanpüskülü noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • па́дуб noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Venetan

2 entries
  • agrifoi noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • spergol noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Welsh

2 entries
  • celyn noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
  • celynen noun (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Holly Black was born in a decrepit Victorian house in New Jersey.

Source: tatoeba (1502870)

Holly branches are often used for decoration at Christmas.

Source: tatoeba (2349843)

Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas,' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.

Source: tatoeba (3712686)

Holly is jumping on the trampoline.

Source: tatoeba (4001512)

Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.