begonia

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

English

Begonia hiemalis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəɡəʊniː.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbəɡoʊni.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊniə

Noun

begonia (plural begonias)

1. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.

Translations

plants of the genus Begonia

• Czech: begonie f, begónie f
• Dutch: begonia (nl) f
• Estonian: begoonia
• Finnish: begonia (fi)
• French: bégonia (fr) m
• German: Begonie (de) f
• Haitian Creole: begonya
• Hungarian: begónia (hu)
• Italian: begonia (it) f
• Malay: begonia
• Polish: begonia (pl)

• Portuguese: begônia f, begónia f
• Quechua: achanqaray
• Romanian: begonie (ro) f
• Russian: бего́ния (ru) (begónija)
• Spanish: begonia (es) f
• Swedish: begonia (sv) c
• Tagalog: begonya
• Turkish: begonya (tr)
• Ukrainian: бегонія (uk) (behonija)
• Upper Sorbian: begonija
• Vietnamese: thu hải đường (vi)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. begonia

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Finnish

Noun

begonia

1. begonia

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Italian

Noun

begonia f (plural begonie)

1. begonia

Anagrams

• biogena

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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.

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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.

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Polish

Noun

begonia f

1. begonia

Declension

declension of begonia

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

Further reading

• begonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈɡonja/, [beˈɣonja]

Noun

begonia f (plural begonias)

1. begonia

Further reading

• “begonia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Noun

begonia c

1. begonia (flower)

Declension

Declension of begonia
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	begonia	begonian	begonior	begoniorna
Genitive	begonias	begonians	begoniors	begoniornas