She was as pretty as a primrose.
Source: tatoeba (6059664)
Primrose
//ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz//
Synonyms for "primrose" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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1 entriesRelated terms
13 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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2 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
91 translations across 38 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аӡыӡкәыр noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κυκλάμινος noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Armenian
1 entries- գնարբուկ noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- novruzgülü noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Belarusian
3 entries- клю́чыкі noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- першацве́т noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- пры́мула noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Bulgarian
3 entries- безстъблена иглика noun (Primula acaulis)
- иглика noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- светложълт noun (colour)
Catalan
2 entries- primavera noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- prímula noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Cornish
2 entries- briallen noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- brialli noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Czech
2 entries- petrklíč noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- prvosenka noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Dutch
1 entries- sleutelbloem noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Esperanto
1 entries- primolo noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Finnish
4 entries- esikko noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- esikko noun (flower of a primrose)
- esikkokasvi noun (plant of the family Primulaceae)
- esikonkeltainen noun (colour)
French
1 entries- primevère noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Georgian
1 entries- ფურისულა noun (plant of the genus Primula)
German
3 entries- Primel noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- Primel noun (Primula acaulis)
- Primel noun (flower of a primrose)
Greek
1 entries- δακράκι noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Hungarian
2 entries- kankalin noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- kankalinsárga noun (colour)
Ido
2 entries- primrozo noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- primrozo noun (flower of a primrose)
Irish
1 entries- sabhaircín noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Italian
2 entries- primula noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- primula noun (flower of a primrose)
Japanese
1 entries- 桜草 noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Lak
1 entries- ччиккул тӏутӏи noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Macedonian
2 entries- ја́глика noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- ја́глика noun (Primula acaulis)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- kusymre noun (Primula acaulis)
- nøkleblom noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- nøkleblom noun (flower of a primrose)
- nøkleblomst noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- kusymre noun (Primula acaulis)
- nøkleblom noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- nøkleblom noun (flower of a primrose)
- nøkleblome noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Ossetian
1 entries- ӕстъоппӕлӕ noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چوقه چیچكی noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- баранчики noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- яглїки noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Persian
2 entries- پامچال noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- گل نوروز noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Polish
4 entries- pierwiosnek noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- pierwiosnek noun (flower of a primrose)
- pierwiosnek bezłodygowy noun (Primula acaulis)
- pierwiosnka noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Portuguese
3 entries- prímula noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- prímula noun (Primula acaulis)
- prímula noun (flower of a primrose)
Romanian
4 entries- ciuboțica-cucului noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- primulă noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- primulă noun (Primula acaulis)
- primulă noun (flower of a primrose)
Russian
4 entries- первоцве́т noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- первоцве́т noun (Primula acaulis)
- первоцве́т noun (flower of a primrose)
- при́мула noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sòbhrach noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Spanish
2 entries- primavera noun (plant of the genus Primula)
- primavera noun (Primula acaulis)
Turkish
1 entries- çuha çiçeği noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Volapük
2 entries- primul noun (flower of a primrose)
- primulaplan noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Welsh
1 entries- briallu noun (plant of the genus Primula)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
When a book is covered in cloth of a good dark tint it may be allowed to remain unbound, but the primrose and lilac hues soon call out for the aid of the binder.
Source: tatoeba (9955571)
The pageantry can best be seen in California’s 640,000 acre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, northeast of San Diego, where visitors can wander among the fanfare of hot pink Bigelow’s Monkey Flower, purple Sand Verbena, and white and yellow Evening Primrose.
Source: tatoeba (11054463)
Once arrived in Canada, the settler soon found that he had no primrose path before him.
Source: tatoeba (11754903)
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