begonia

See also: Begonia, bégonia, begónia, begònia, begônia, and begonią

English

Begonia hiemalis

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Bego

Old French Bégon

Middle French Bégon

French Bégon

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -iader.

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der.

Translingual -ia

Translingual Begoniabor.

English begonia

Borrowed from translingual Begonia (genus of plants), named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈɡoʊni.ə/, [bəˈɡoʊn.jə]
• Rhymes: -əʊniə

Noun

begonia (plural begonias)

1. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.

Derived terms

• beefsteak begonia
• New Zealand begonia
• star begonia
• strawberry begonia

Translations

plants of the genus Begonia

• Arabic: بِغُونِيَّة f (biḡūniyya)
• Armenian: բեգոնիա (hy) (begonia)
• Asturian: begonia f
• Azerbaijani: beqoniya
• Basque: andere-belarra
• Belarusian: бяго́нія f (bjahónija)
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: бегония f (begonija)
• Burmese: ကြွေပန်း (my) (krwepan:)
• Catalan: begònia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 秋海棠 (cau¹ hoi² tong⁴)

  Mandarin: 秋海棠 (zh) (qiūhǎitáng)

  Min Nan: 秋海棠 (chhiu-hái-tông)

• Chuvash: бегония (begonija)
• Czech: begonie (cs) f, begónie f
• Danish: begonia
• Dutch: begonia (nl) f
• Esperanto: begonio
• Estonian: begoonia
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: begonia (fi)
• French: bégonia (fr) m
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: begoonie f

• Galician: begonia (gl) f
• Georgian: ბეგონია (begonia)
• German: Begonie (de) f
• Greek: βεγόνια (el) f (vegónia)
• Haitian Creole: begonya
• Hindi: बीगोनिया f (bīgoniyā)
• Hungarian: begónia (hu)
• Icelandic: begónía f, skáblað n
• Ido: begonio (io)
• Interlingua: begonia
• Irish: beagóinia
• Italian: begonia (it) f
• Kashubian: begonijô f
• Kazakh: бегония (begonıya)
• Korean: 베고니아 (begonia)
• Latvian: begonijas f
• Lithuanian: begonija f
• Malay: begonia
• Malayalam: ബിഗോനിയ (bigōniya)
• Norwegian: begonia m
• Occitan: begònia f
• Plautdietsch: Begonje f
• Polish: begonia (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: begônia f

  European Portuguese: begónia f

• Quechua: achanqaray
• Romanian: begonie (ro) f
• Russian: бего́ния (ru) (begónija)
• Scots: begonia
• Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian: begonija (sh) f
• Slovak: begónia (sk) f
• Slovene: begonija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: please add this translation if you can

  Upper Sorbian: begonija

• Spanish: begonia (es) f
• Swedish: begonia (sv) c
• Tagalog: bigonya
• Turkish: begonya (tr)
• Ukrainian: бегонія (uk) (behonija)
• Vietnamese: thu hải đường (vi)
• Volapük: begun
• Welsh: please add this translation if you can

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bégonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɣoː.niˌaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: be‧go‧nia

Noun

begonia m (plural begonia's, diminutive begoniaatje n)

1. begonia (plant of genus Begonia)

Further reading

• begonia on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Etymology

From French bégonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɡoniɑ/, [ˈbe̞ɡo̞ˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): be‧go‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): be‧go‧nia

Noun

begonia

1. begonia

Declension

Inflection of begonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		begonia	begoniat
genitive		begonian	begonioiden begonioitten
partitive		begoniaa	begonioita
illative		begoniaan	begonioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		begonia	begoniat
accusative	nom.	begonia	begoniat
	gen.	begonian
genitive		begonian	begonioiden begonioitten begoniain rare
partitive		begoniaa	begonioita
inessive		begoniassa	begonioissa
elative		begoniasta	begonioista
illative		begoniaan	begonioihin
adessive		begonialla	begonioilla
ablative		begonialta	begonioilta
allative		begonialle	begonioille
essive		begoniana	begonioina
translative		begoniaksi	begonioiksi
abessive		begoniatta	begonioitta
instructive		—	begonioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of begonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative begoniani begoniani accusative nom. begoniani begoniani gen. begoniani genitive begoniani begonioideni begonioitteni begoniaini rare partitive begoniaani begonioitani inessive begoniassani begonioissani elative begoniastani begonioistani illative begoniaani begonioihini adessive begoniallani begonioillani ablative begonialtani begonioiltani allative begonialleni begonioilleni essive begonianani begonioinani translative begoniakseni begonioikseni abessive begoniattani begonioittani instructive — — comitative — begonioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative begoniasi begoniasi accusative nom. begoniasi begoniasi gen. begoniasi genitive begoniasi begonioidesi begonioittesi begoniaisi rare partitive begoniaasi begonioitasi inessive begoniassasi begonioissasi elative begoniastasi begonioistasi illative begoniaasi begonioihisi adessive begoniallasi begonioillasi ablative begonialtasi begonioiltasi allative begoniallesi begonioillesi essive begonianasi begonioinasi translative begoniaksesi begonioiksesi abessive begoniattasi begonioittasi instructive — — comitative — begonioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative begoniamme begoniamme accusative nom. begoniamme begoniamme gen. begoniamme genitive begoniamme begonioidemme begonioittemme begoniaimme rare partitive begoniaamme begonioitamme inessive begoniassamme begonioissamme elative begoniastamme begonioistamme illative begoniaamme begonioihimme adessive begoniallamme begonioillamme ablative begonialtamme begonioiltamme allative begoniallemme begonioillemme essive begonianamme begonioinamme translative begoniaksemme begonioiksemme abessive begoniattamme begonioittamme instructive — — comitative — begonioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative begonianne begonianne accusative nom. begonianne begonianne gen. begonianne genitive begonianne begonioidenne begonioittenne begoniainne rare partitive begoniaanne begonioitanne inessive begoniassanne begonioissanne elative begoniastanne begonioistanne illative begoniaanne begonioihinne adessive begoniallanne begonioillanne ablative begonialtanne begonioiltanne allative begoniallenne begonioillenne essive begoniananne begonioinanne translative begoniaksenne begonioiksenne abessive begoniattanne begonioittanne instructive — — comitative — begonioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative begoniansa begoniansa accusative nom. begoniansa begoniansa gen. begoniansa genitive begoniansa begonioidensa begonioittensa begoniainsa rare partitive begoniaansa begonioitaan begonioitansa inessive begoniassaan begoniassansa begonioissaan begonioissansa elative begoniastaan begoniastansa begonioistaan begonioistansa illative begoniaansa begonioihinsa adessive begoniallaan begoniallansa begonioillaan begonioillansa ablative begonialtaan begonialtansa begonioiltaan begonioiltansa allative begonialleen begoniallensa begonioilleen begonioillensa essive begonianaan begonianansa begonioinaan begonioinansa translative begoniakseen begoniaksensa begonioikseen begonioiksensa abessive begoniattaan begoniattansa begonioittaan begonioittansa instructive — — comitative — begonioineen begonioinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• begoniaripsiäinen
• neitobegonia

Further reading

• “begonia”, 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 2 July 2023

Italian

Noun

begonia f (plural begonie)

1. begonia

Anagrams

• biogena

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Noun

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begonier or begoniaer, definite plural begoniene or begoniaene)

1. a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)

References

• “begonia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Noun

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begoniaar or begoniaer, definite plural begoniaane or begoniaene)

1. a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)

References

• “begonia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bégonia, named after French governor of Saint-Domingue Michel Bégon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈɡɔɲ.ja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɲja
• Syllabification: be‧gon‧ia

Noun

begonia f (diminutive begonijka)

1. begonia

Declension

Declension of begonia

	singular	plural
nominative	begonia	begonie
genitive	begonii	begonii/begonij (archaic)
dative	begonii	begoniom
accusative	begonię	begonie
instrumental	begonią	begoniami
locative	begonii	begoniach
vocative	begonio	begonie

Further reading

• “begonia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “begonia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈɡonja/ [beˈɣ̞o.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: be‧go‧nia

Noun

begonia f (plural begonias)

1. begonia

Further reading

• “begonia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Noun

begonia c

1. begonia (flower)

Declension

Declension of begonia

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	begonia	begonias
	definite	begonian	begonians
plural	indefinite	begonior	begoniors
	definite	begoniorna	begoniornas

Derived terms

• hängbegonia
• julbegonia
• knölbegonia
• rosenbegonia

Further reading

• “begonia”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)