bougainvillea

See also Bougainvillea

English

WOTD - 9 March 2009    

Wikipedia

Bougainvillea flowers and bracts.

Alternative forms

• bougainvillaea

Etymology

From Louis Antoine de Bougainville French admiral.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌbuː.ɡənˈvɪl.ɪ.ə/
• (US) IPA: /ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/, /ˌboʊ.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/

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Noun

bougainvillea (plural bougainvilleas)

1. Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.

Translations

flower

Dutch: bougainvillea (nl) Finnish: ihmeköynnös (fi), bougainvillea (fi) French: bougainvillier (fr) f. German: Bougainvillea (de) f. Greek: μπουκαμβίλια (el) f. Italian: buganvillea (it) f. Japanese: ブーゲンビリア (ja) (būgenbiria) Lithuanian: bugenvilija (lt) Norwegian: bougainvillea (no), trillingblomst (no)

Polish: bugenwilla (pl) f. Portuguese: bougainvillea (pt) f. Russian: бугенвиллия (ru) (bugenvillija) f. Spanish: buganvilia (es) f. (Mexico), buganvilla (es) f. (Spain), comomosí (es) m. (Bolivia), papelillo (es) m. (Peru), Santa Rita (es) f. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), trinitaria (es) f. (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela), veranera (es) f. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama) Swedish: trillingblomssläktet (sv) Turkish: begonvil (tr) Ukrainian: бугенвілія (uk) f.

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Finnish

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Noun

bougainvillea

1. bougainvillea

Declension

Declension of bougainvillea (type kulkija) singular plural nominative bougainvillea bougainvilleat genitive bougainvillean bougainvilleoiden bougainvilleoitten bougainvilleain1 partitive bougainvilleaa bougainvilleoita accusative bougainvillea bougainvillean bougainvilleat inessive bougainvilleassa bougainvilleoissa elative bougainvilleasta bougainvilleoista illative bougainvilleaan bougainvilleoihin adessive bougainvillealla bougainvilleoilla ablative bougainvillealta bougainvilleoilta allative bougainvillealle bougainvilleoille essive bougainvilleana bougainvilleoina translative bougainvilleaksi bougainvilleoiksi instructive – bougainvilleoin abessive bougainvilleatta bougainvilleoitta comitative – bougainvilleoineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• ihmeköynnös