• Chinese: 鳶尾花, 鸢尾花 (yuānwěi huā)
• Dutch: iris m|f
• Finnish: kurjenmiekka
• French: iris
• German: Iris , Schwertlilie
• Italian: iris , giaggiolo
• Japanese: あやめ (ayamé), 菖蒲 (しょうぶ, shōbu)
• Korean: 붓꽃 (butggot), 창포 (changpo)
• Polish: irys
• Portuguese: íris
• Russian: ирис (íris) , касатик (kasátik)
• Spanish: lirio
• Swedish: iris
• Telugu: కంటిపాప (kaMTipaapa)

• Czech: duhovka
• Dutch: regenboogvlies , iris m|f
• Finnish: kehäkalvo
• French: iris
• German: Iris
• Greek: ίρις (íris)
• Italian: iride
• Japanese: 虹彩 (こうさい, kōsai)
• Korean: 홍채 (hongchae)
• Polish: tęczówka
• Portuguese: íris
• Russian: радужная оболочка (rádužnaja obolóčka) , ирис (íris)
• Slovene: šarenica
• Spanish: iris
• Swedish: iris

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. For the flower both iris and irises are in common use.

Quotations

plural iris

• 1989, Ann Lovejoy, The Year in Bloom http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=B2WnTx8ZSXoC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&sig=kTR265orMNqHigdpkspkvz5gF8c

  Is there anything more spectacular than the bearded iris in their short season?

• 1996, Katherine Grace Endicott, Northern California Gardening http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=2Orl1AcbaT4C&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&sig=sRNZY7Jc53QpEqCrkaHoFKHx7_g

  Tall bearded iris are in bloom now.

• 2004, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, A Garden for Life http://print.google.com/print?id=0sPBOVSC2MUC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&sig=bEEefwPluRvCp36e6pF5AkExCKk

  The bulbous iris are important because their early flowers provide a food source for bees and early flying insects.

plural irides

• 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

  In colour the irides are straw-yellow, the pupils black; forehead, nape, and back, very dark bluish-black; [...]

• 1989, Robert S Ridgely, The Birds of South America http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=tRBb15pk4w0C&pg=RA1-PA374&lpg=RA1-PA374&sig=PZFkFg4LIlBDqSgZ7Z7DnYYha6M

  As in the caciques, bills are sharply pointed and pale, while irides are usually pale blue.

• 2001, John V Forrester et al., The Eye http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=CTltcMRq8_QC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&sig=oUK2_xiWqgcZ-USI7UBo0HxuBy4

  Later in life brown irides are the result of heavily pigmented melanocytes within the stroma.

plural irises

• 1987, Pamela Harper, Frederick McGourty, Perennials http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=Mi5_h7ryCi0C&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&sig=8_7tj1vGAjqwhPowAsYKQyL0QE8

  Tall bearded irises are easy to grow but not always easy to grow well.

• 2000, Kevin C Voughn, Louisiana Iris http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=4-T1HH-X1_sC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&sig=D957MQkQUZqTgY7ex8mGf0R6Wa4

  Most iris lovers feel that Louisiana irises are now large enough.

• 2002, John E Bryan, Bulbs http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=v-h4dovkqxgC&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&sig=Oj6ubuGG706mBqxu_tKlzU90Q-0

  All these irises are sold as dry, dormant bulbs in fall.

See also

• Wikipedia article on the plant
• Wikipedia article on the part of the eye

Esperanto

Verb form

1. went

Indonesian

Noun

iris

1. slice

Verb

mengiris

1. to slice

Italian

Noun

iris or

1. iris

Synonyms

• giaggiolo, iride

Spanish

Noun

1. iris

Derived terms

• arco iris

Iris may refer to:

• Iris (mythology), a messenger of the gods in Greek mythology, identified with the rainbow
  • Iridescence, an optical phenomenon, name derived from the mythological figure
• Iris (color), an ambiguous color, ranging from blue-violet to violet

In science and technology

In biology

• Iris (anatomy), the sphincter around the pupil of the eye, named after the colors in human and animal eyes
• Iris (plant), a genus of flowering plants, named after the rainbow
• Iris (insect), a genus of insects of the praying mantis family, in the subfamily Mantinae
  • Iris oratoria, the Mediterranean mantis

In astronomy

• 7 Iris, an asteroid named after the mythological figure
• Iris nebula, a reflection nebula, NGC 7023

Technology

• Diaphragm (optics), a mechanical device found in cameras, which mimics the function of the biological iris
• Internal rotary inspection system, an ultrasonic inspection system for tubes
• Iris (diaphragm), any such mechanical device, as used in doors, pipes, and electrical engineering
  • Iris (Stargate), a mechanical iris seen on the television show Stargate SG-1

In the arts and popular culture

• Irises (painting), a painting of iris flowers by Vincent Van Gogh
• Iris printer, a true color injet printer used for industrial prepress proofs and fine art printing.
• Iris (film), a film about Irish novelist Iris Murdoch
• Iris (game), an game created to promote the video game Halo 3
• Iris magazine, a Dutch comic magazine
• Iris, a fictional queen in Piers Anthony's Xanth novels
• Iris (Mega Man), a fictional character in the video game Mega Man X4
• Iris, a pre-teen prostitute played by Jodie Foster in the 1976 film Taxi Driver

In music

• Iris (opera), an opera by Pietro Mascagni
• Iris (album), a 2004 electronic music album by Rosy Parlane
• Iris (EP), an EP by the band Miranda Sex Garden
• Iris, an EP by the post-rock band Jeniferever

Musical artists

• IRIS (Romanian band), a hard-rock band
• Iris (Texas band), a synthpop band
• Iris (British/French band), an instrumental rock band
• Iris Judotter, a singer from Singapore

Songs

• Iris (song), a song by The Goo Goo Dolls from the film City of Angels
• Iris, cover of the Goo Goo Dolls' song by New Found Glory
• Iris (Split Enz song), a song by Split Enz

In transportation

• HMS Iris, Six historical warships of the British Royal Navy
• USS Iris, any of several ships in the US Navy that have been named after the mythological figure
• The Abraham Iris, a touring plane built in France before World War II

Other uses

• Hurricane Iris and Typhoon Iris, tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and the Western Pacific
• Yeşil River, called Iris (Ίρις) by the Greeks
• Iris, Cluj-Napoca, a district in Romania
• Iris Associates, the company which developed Lotus Notes
• Iris Fund for Prevention of Blindness
• Iris (Corporation Berhad), a company in Malaysia

See also

• IRIS (disambiguation)

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