chrysalis
11Chrysalis — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Chrysalis signifie chrysalide en anglais. Le mot peut également faire référence à : Chrysalis Group, une compagnie britannique dans le domaine de la… …
12Chrysalis — Unter Chrysalis versteht man: ein Insekt in der Metamorphose, siehe Puppe (Insekt) einen IT Dienstleister, siehe Chrysalis Concepts einen Londoner Verlag für u. a. Musik, siehe Chrysalis Group eine Plattenfirma, siehe Chrysalis Records einen… …
13chrysalis — [[t]krɪ̱səlɪs[/t]] chrysalises 1) N COUNT A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult. 2) N COUNT A chrysalis is the hard, protective covering that a chrysalis has. ...a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis …
14chrysalis — [17] Etymologically, a chrysalis is a ‘gold’ coloured pupa, for the word derives ultimately from Greek khrūsós ‘gold’. Many butterflies do have pupae that, at least to start with, have a metallic sheen of gold, so the Greeks applied to them the… …
15chrysalis — UK [ˈkrɪsəlɪs] / US noun [countable] Word forms chrysalis : singular chrysalis plural chrysalises biology an insect such as a butterfly or moth at the stage of changing from a larva (= a young insect without wings) to an adult, or the hard case… …
16chrysalis — chrys•a•lis [[t]ˈkrɪs ə lɪs[/t]] n. pl. chrys•a•lis•es, chry•sal•i•des [[t]krɪˈsæl ɪˌdiz[/t]] 1) ent the hard shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly 2) civ a protected stage of development • Etymology: 1650–60; < L chrȳsalis < Gk chrȳsallís… …
17chrysalis — [17] Etymologically, a chrysalis is a ‘gold’ coloured pupa, for the word derives ultimately from Greek khrūsós ‘gold’. Many butterflies do have pupae that, at least to start with, have a metallic sheen of gold, so the Greeks applied to them the… …
18chrysalis — noun (plural chrysalides or chrysalises) Etymology: Latin chrysallid , chrysallis gold colored pupa of butterflies, from Greek, from chrysos gold, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew ḥārūṣ gold Date: 1601 1. a. a pupa of a butterfly; broadly an… …
19chrysalis — /kris euh lis/, n., pl. chrysalises, chrysalides /kri sal i deez /. the hard shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa. [1650 60; < L chrysalis < Gk chrysallís, equiv. to chrys CHRYS + allis suffix, prob. with dim. value] * * * …
20Chrysalis — Chry|sa|lis, die; [lat. chrysallis < griech. chrysalli̓s = Chrysalide, zu: chrýseos = golden] (Zool.): ↑ Puppe (3). * * * Chrysalis [ç ; zu griechisch chrýseos »golden« und hale̅s »Müßiggang«] die, , das Puppenstadium (Puppe) der Insekten. * …
