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See also: Bougainvillea
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbuː.ɡənˈvɪl.ɪ.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/, /ˌboʊ.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]bougainvillea (plural bougainvilleas)
- 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.
- 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 129:
- He is outside in his garden, surrounded by bougainvillea bursting with color.
Translations
[edit]flower
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From translingual Bougainvillea.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bougainvillea
Declension
[edit]Inflection of bougainvillea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | |
genitive | bougainvillean | bougainvilleoiden bougainvilleoitten | |
partitive | bougainvilleaa | bougainvilleoita | |
illative | bougainvilleaan | bougainvilleoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | |
accusative | nom. | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat |
gen. | bougainvillean | ||
genitive | bougainvillean | bougainvilleoiden bougainvilleoitten bougainvilleain rare | |
partitive | bougainvilleaa | bougainvilleoita | |
inessive | bougainvilleassa | bougainvilleoissa | |
elative | bougainvilleasta | bougainvilleoista | |
illative | bougainvilleaan | bougainvilleoihin | |
adessive | bougainvillealla | bougainvilleoilla | |
ablative | bougainvillealta | bougainvilleoilta | |
allative | bougainvillealle | bougainvilleoille | |
essive | bougainvilleana | bougainvilleoina | |
translative | bougainvilleaksi | bougainvilleoiksi | |
abessive | bougainvilleatta | bougainvilleoitta | |
instructive | — | bougainvilleoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bougainvillea”, 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
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]bougainvillea f (plural bougainvilleas)
- bougainvillea (flower)
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- en:Four o'clock family plants
- en:Flowers
- Finnish terms derived from Translingual
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- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- fi:Flowers
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