petunia

See also Petunia, and pétunia

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /pəˈtunjə/

Noun

petunia (plural petunias)

1. A genus of flowering plants, Petunia; most garden varieties are hybrids.
2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

   petunia colour:

Translations

flower

• Finnish: petunia (fi)
• German: Petunie (de) f
• Italian: petunia (it) f
• Japanese: ペチュニア (pechunia)

• Portuguese: petúnia (pt) f
• Romanian: petunie (ro) f
• Russian: петуния (ru) (petúnija) f

colour

• Japanese: 暗紫色 (あんししょく, anshishoku)

Adjective

petunia (not comparable)

1. Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

Translations

colour

• Japanese: 暗紫色の (あんししょくの, anshishoku)

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

• Petunia in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

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Finnish

Etymology

New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Noun

petunia

1. petunia

Declension

Declension of petunia (type kulkija) singular plural nominative petunia petuniat genitive petunian petunioiden petunioitten petuniain1 partitive petuniaa petunioita accusative petunia petunian petuniat inessive petuniassa petunioissa elative petuniasta petunioista illative petuniaan petunioihin adessive petunialla petunioilla ablative petunialta petunioilta allative petunialle petunioille essive petuniana petunioina translative petuniaksi petunioiksi instructive – petunioin abessive petuniatta petunioitta comitative – petunioineen 1) Rare.

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• taipuen

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Italian

Etymology

New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Noun

petunia f (plural petunie)

1. petunia (flower)

Anagrams

• puniate