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English

Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin, from Greek unicode|ί�ι� (iris), rainbow.

Pronunciation
AHD|ī'rĭs, IPA|/aɪrɪs/, SAMPA|/aIrIs/
audio|en-us-iris.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
Image:Iris ensata var ensata2.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A plant of the genus, Iris.
Image:Human eye cross-sectional view grayscale.png|thumb|right|280px|Illustration showing parts of the human eye, including the iris.
en-noun|es|pl2iris|pl3irides (See Usage notes)

1. countable botany A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms.
2. poetic A rainbow, or other colourful refraction of light.
3. countable anatomy The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye.
4. countable (photography, cinematography) A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of controlling the amount of light reaching a lens.

Translations
trans-top|plant
Chinese: 鳶尾�, 鸢尾� (yu�nw�i hu�)
Dutch: iris m|f
Finnish: kurjenmiekka
French: iris m
German: Iris f, Schwertlilie f
Italian: iris m, giaggiolo m
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Japanese: ��� (ayamé), �� (����, sh�bu)
Korean: �� (butggot), 창� (changpo)
Portuguese: íris m
Russian: и�и� (íris) m, ка�а�ик (kasátik) m
Spanish: lirio m
Telugu: ���ిపాప (kaMTipaapa)
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trans-top|part of the eye
Czech: duhovka f
Dutch: regenboogvlies n, iris m|f
Finnish: kehäkalvo
French: iris#French|iris m
German: Iris f
Greek: ί�ι� (íris) f
Italian: iride f
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Japanese: �彩 (����, k�sai)
Korean: �� (hongchae)
Portuguese: íris m
Russian: �ад�жна� оболо�ка (rádužnaja oboló�ka) f, и�и� (íris) m
Slovene: Å¡arenica f
Spanish: iris#Spanish|iris m
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Derived terms
iridal
iridial
iridian
iridium
iridocyclitis
iridology
Iris (proper name)
iritis

Usage notes
For the part of the eye, the usual medical plural is irides.
<br />For the flower both iris and irises are in common use.

plural irides
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1900s=1989|
2000s=2001

See also
w:Iris (plant)|Wikipedia article on the plant
w:Iris (anatomy)|Wikipedia article on the part of the eye

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Esperanto

Verb form
eo-verb-form|ir|is

1. went

Indonesian

Noun
iris

1. slice

Verb
mengiris

1. to slice

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Italian

Noun
iris m or f inv

1. botany|lang=it iris#English|iris

Synonyms
giaggiolo, iride

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