petunia
English
Etymology
From New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French petun (“the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
petunia (plural petunias)
- Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
- 2002, Larry Hodgson, Annuals for Every Purpose, page 57,
- Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems.
- 2003, Norman Winter, Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South, page 39,
- The small purple petunias are produced in profusion and without ceasing during the entire season.
- 2013, Jan Riggenbach, Your Midwest Garden: An Owner's Manual, page 18,
- Closely related calibrachoas, often called miniature petunias, offer dainty petunia-like blossoms that are perfect for planting in pots.
- No matter what type of petunias you choose, they all prefer plenty of sun.
- 2002, Larry Hodgson, Annuals for Every Purpose, page 57,
- A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
- petunia:
Derived terms
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Adjective
petunia (not comparable)
- Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
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See also
References
- Petunia in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “petunia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Finnish
Etymology
From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
Noun
petunia
Declension
Inflection of petunia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | petunia | petuniat | |
genitive | petunian | petunioiden petunioitten | |
partitive | petuniaa | petunioita | |
illative | petuniaan | petunioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | petunia | petuniat | |
accusative | nom. | petunia | petuniat |
gen. | petunian | ||
genitive | petunian | petunioiden petunioitten petuniain rare | |
partitive | petuniaa | petunioita | |
inessive | petuniassa | petunioissa | |
elative | petuniasta | petunioista | |
illative | petuniaan | petunioihin | |
adessive | petunialla | petunioilla | |
ablative | petunialta | petunioilta | |
allative | petunialle | petunioille | |
essive | petuniana | petunioina | |
translative | petuniaksi | petunioiksi | |
abessive | petuniatta | petunioitta | |
instructive | — | petunioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From 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)
- petunia (flower)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.
Noun
petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petunia, definite plural petuniaene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.
Noun
petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petuniaar, definite plural petuniaene or petuniaane)
References
- “petunia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
petunia f (plural petunias)
Further reading
- “petunia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English terms borrowed from New Latin
- English terms derived from New Latin
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Paraguayan Guaraní
- English 3-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English terms suffixed with -ia
- en:Colors
- en:Flowers
- en:Nightshades
- en:Purples
- Finnish terms derived from New Latin
- Finnish terms derived from French
- Finnish terms derived from Portuguese
- Finnish terms derived from Paraguayan Guaraní
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- fi:Flowers
- Italian terms derived from New Latin
- Italian terms derived from French
- Italian terms derived from Portuguese
- Italian terms derived from Paraguayan Guaraní
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Flowers
- it:Nightshades
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from New Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Guaraní
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Flowers
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from New Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Guaraní
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Flowers
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Flowers