gardenia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin, named after Scottish naturalist Dr. Alexander Garden.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑɹˈdinjə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɑːˈdiːnjə/
- Hyphenation: gar‧de‧nia
Noun[edit]
gardenia (plural gardenias)
- Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.
- The flower of these plants.
- 2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 125:
- Heed remembered the baby-powder smell from the bowl of gardenias, their edges browning like toast.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Gardenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gardenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gardenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From translingual Gardenia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gardenia
Declension[edit]
Inflection of gardenia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | gardenia | gardeniat | ||
genitive | gardenian | gardenioiden gardenioitten | ||
partitive | gardeniaa | gardenioita | ||
illative | gardeniaan | gardenioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | gardenia | gardeniat | ||
accusative | nom. | gardenia | gardeniat | |
gen. | gardenian | |||
genitive | gardenian | gardenioiden gardenioitten gardeniainrare | ||
partitive | gardeniaa | gardenioita | ||
inessive | gardeniassa | gardenioissa | ||
elative | gardeniasta | gardenioista | ||
illative | gardeniaan | gardenioihin | ||
adessive | gardenialla | gardenioilla | ||
ablative | gardenialta | gardenioilta | ||
allative | gardenialle | gardenioille | ||
essive | gardeniana | gardenioina | ||
translative | gardeniaksi | gardenioiksi | ||
abessive | gardeniatta | gardenioitta | ||
instructive | — | gardenioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “gardenia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gardenia f (plural gardenie)
Further reading[edit]
- gardenia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- gardenia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gardenia f
Declension[edit]
Declension of gardenia
Further reading[edit]
- gardenia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gardenia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gardenia f (plural gardenias)
Further reading[edit]
- “gardenia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- English terms derived from New Latin
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- en:Flowers
- en:Madder family plants
- en:Polynesian canoe plants
- Finnish terms derived from Translingual
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- fi:Flowers
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnja
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnja/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Flowers
- it:Madder family plants
- Polish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛɲja
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛɲja/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Flowers
- pl:Madder family plants
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/enja
- Rhymes:Spanish/enja/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Flowers