petúnia

See also: petunia, Petunia, pétunia, and petunią

Portuguese

petúnias

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Petunia, from French petun (“tobacco”, obsolete), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈtũ.ni.ɐ/ [peˈtũ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peˈtũ.njɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈtũ.ni.ɐ/ [peˈtũ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peˈtũ.njɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈtu.ni.a/ [peˈtu.nɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /peˈtu.nja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈtu.njɐ/

Noun

petúnia f (plural petúnias)

1. petunia (plant)

Related terms

• petunidina