chrysalis
pronunciation
How to pronounce chrysalis in British English:
UK [ˈkrɪsəlɪs]
How to pronounce chrysalis in American English:
US [ˈkrɪsəlɪs]
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- Noun:
- pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
Word Origin
- chrysalis
- chrysalis: [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 term khrūsallís, in which the final element seems to mean something like ‘sheath’. This passed into English via Latin chrysalis. Also formed from Greek khrūsós (which is of Semitic origin) is chrysanthemum [16], which means literally ‘gold flower’.
- chrysalis (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin chrysallis, from Greek khrysallis (genitive khrysallidos) "golden colored pupa of the butterfly," from khrysos "gold," perhaps of Semitic origin (compare Hebrew and Phoenician harutz "gold") + second element meaning something like "sheath." Seeking a plural, OED leans toward the classically correct chrysalides.
Example
- 1. You will never hae to make a chrysalis .
- 2. But that 's not enough for farrell . A hundred miles northeast of here , a glass-domed temple to winged insects is emerging from a green field near st albans , like a butterfly from its chrysalis .
- 3. The silkworm chrysalis resources were rich and were widely used .
- 4. The chrysalis slowly turned into a butterfly .
- 5. You are going to make a chrysalis .