bonsai

See also: bonsaï, bonsái, and Bonsai

English

A bonsai maple tree.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese (deprecated template usage) 盆栽 (ぼんさい bonsai), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 盆 (bwon "bowl") + 栽 (tsoj "to plant") (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin pénzāi 盆栽).

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Noun

bonsai (countable and uncountable, plural bonsai or bonsais)

1. (deprecated template usage) (countable) A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
2. (deprecated template usage) (uncountable) The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner.

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.

Interjection

bonsai

1. A cry before jumping out at or attacking something.

Derived terms

bonsai army

Translations

a miniaturized tree or plant

• Arabic: بونساي m (būnsāy, bonsay)
• Azeri: bonsay
• Bulgarian: бонсай m (bonsáj)
• Catalan: bonsai m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盆景 (zh) (pénjǐng), 盆栽 (zh) (pénzāi)

• Czech: bonsai f, bonsaj f
• Esperanto: bonsajo
• Finnish: bonsai
• French: bonsaï (fr) m
• German: Bonsai (de) m
• Greek: μπονσάι (el) n (bonsái)
• Hebrew: בונסאי (he)
• Hungarian: bonszai (hu)
• Icelandic: dvergtré n
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• Italian: bonsai m
• Japanese: 盆栽 (ぼんさい, bonsai)
• Korean: 분재 (ko)
• Polish: bonsai (pl) n
• Portuguese: bonsai m
• Russian: бонсай (ru) m (bonsáj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бонсаи m

  Roman: bonsai m

• Spanish: bonsái m
• Swedish: bonsai, bonsaiträd n
• Telugu: మరుగుజ్జు చెట్టు (marugujju ceṭṭu), బోన్సాయి (bōnsāyi)
• Turkish: bonsai, bonsay
• Ukrainian: бонсай m (bonsáj)
• Vietnamese: bonsai (vi)

the art of growing miniaturized trees or plants

• Japanese: 盆栽の技術 (bonsai no gijutsu)
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• Portuguese: bonsai m

Anagrams

• Bosnia
• sabino

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Japanese

Romanization

bonsai

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼんさい

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Polish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese (deprecated template usage) 盆栽 (bonsai).

Noun

bonsai n (indeclinable)

1. bonsai

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Portuguese

Noun

bonsai m (plural s)

1. (countable) Template:l/en (a miniaturised tree or plant)
2. (uncountable) Template:l/en (the art of growing miniaturised trees or plants)