Meanings
nounforget-me-not (plural forget-me-nots)
plural forget-me-nots
- Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum
- A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
- biologyAny of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers
Similar
mouse earMyosotis scorpiodes
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- GermanVergissmeinnicht
- Middle Frenchne m'oubliez mie
- Englishforget-me-not
Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.
More words from Middle French, German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُذْن الفَأْر
- أُذْن الفَأْر (ʔuḏn al-faʔr)plant of the genus Myosotis
Basque oroilore
- oroiloreplant of the genus Myosotis
Bulgarian незабравка
- незабравка (nezabravka)plant of the genus Myosotis
Catalan nomoblidis
- nomoblidisplant of the genus Myosotis
Chinese Mandarin 勿忘草, 勿忘我
- 勿忘草 (wùwàngcǎo)plant of the genus Myosotis
- 勿忘我 (wùwàngwǒ)plant of the genus Myosotis
Czech pomněnka
- pomněnkaplant of the genus Myosotis
Danish forglemmigej
- forglemmigejplant of the genus Myosotis
Dutch vergeet-mij-niet
- vergeet-mij-nietplant of the genus Myosotis
Esperanto neforgesumino, miozoto
- neforgesuminoplant of the genus Myosotis
- miozotoplant of the genus Myosotis
Estonian lõosilm, meelespea
- lõosilmplant of the genus Myosotis
- meelespeaplant of the genus Myosotis
Finnish lemmikki
- lemmikkiplant of the genus Myosotis
French ne-m'oubliez-pas, myosotis
- ne-m'oubliez-pasplant of the genus Myosotis
- myosotisplant of the genus Myosotis
German Vergissmeinnicht
- Vergissmeinnichtplant of the genus Myosotis
Greek μη με λησμόνει
- μη με λησμόνει (mi me lismónei)plant of the genus Myosotis
Hungarian nefelejcs
- nefelejcsplant of the genus Myosotis
Icelandic gleym-mér-ei
- gleym-mér-eiplant of the genus Myosotis
Irish lus míonla
- lus míonlaplant of the genus Myosotis
Italian nontiscordardimé, miosotide
- nontiscordardiméplant of the genus Myosotis
- miosotideplant of the genus Myosotis
Japanese 勿忘草
- 勿忘草 (wasurenagusa)plant of the genus Myosotis
Korean 물망초
- 물망초 (mulmangcho)plant of the genus Myosotis
Latin myosotis
- myosotisplant of the genus Myosotis
Latvian neaizmirstule
- neaizmirstuleplant of the genus Myosotis
Lithuanian neužmirštuõlė
- neužmirštuõlėplant of the genus Myosotis
Norwegian Bokmål forglemmegei
- forglemmegeiplant of the genus Myosotis
Polish niezapominajka, niezabudka
- niezapominajkaplant of the genus Myosotis
- niezabudkaplant of the genus Myosotis
Portuguese não-me-esqueças, miosótis
- não-me-esqueçasplant of the genus Myosotis
- miosótisplant of the genus Myosotis
Romanian nu-mă-uita, miozotis
- nu-mă-uitaplant of the genus Myosotis
- miozotisplant of the genus Myosotis
Russian незабу́дка
- незабу́дка (nezabúdka)plant of the genus Myosotis
Slovak nezábudka
- nezábudkaplant of the genus Myosotis
Spanish nomeolvides
- nomeolvidesplant of the genus Myosotis
Swedish förgätmigej
- förgätmigejplant of the genus Myosotis
Turkish unutmabeni
- unutmabeniplant of the genus Myosotis
Ukrainian незабу́дка, люби-мене
- незабу́дка (nezabúdka)plant of the genus Myosotis
- люби-мене (ljuby-mene)plant of the genus Myosotis
Vietnamese lưu ly
- lưu lyplant of the genus Myosotis
Welsh nâd-fi'n angof
- nâd-fi'n angofplant of the genus Myosotis
Cite this entry
APA
forget-me-not. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forget-me-not
MLA
“forget-me-not.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forget-me-not. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forget-me-not,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forget-me-not.
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