iris

/ˈiɾis/ · B1 · noun · m

iris

👁️ Same as English iris, from Greek Iris, goddess of the rainbow

It is masculine: el iris. Say it EE-rees, with a tapped r. The rainbow link carries into Spanish too: arco iris, the arc of Iris, means rainbow. Iris can also mean the flower.

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