bougainvillea

See also: Bougainvillea

English

WOTD – 9 March 2009

Bougainvillea flowers and bracts.

Alternative forms

• bougainvillaea, bougainvillia

Etymology

From taxonomic name Bougainvillea, from French Bougainville + -a. Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbuː.ɡənˈvɪl.ɪ.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/, /ˌboʊ.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bougainvillea (countable and uncountable, plural bougainvilleas)

1. 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

flower

• Catalan: buguenvíl·lia (ca) f
• Dutch: bougainvillea (nl)
• Esperanto: bugenvilo
• Finnish: ihmeköynnös (fi), bougainvillea (fi)
• French: bougainvillée (fr) f, bougainvillier (fr) m
• German: Bougainvillea (de) f
• Greek: μπουκαμβίλια (el) f (boukamvília)
• Indonesian: bugenvil (id), bunga kertas (id) (literally “paper flower”)
• Italian: buganvillea (it) f
• Japanese: ブーゲンビリア (būgenbiria)
• Lithuanian: bugenvilija
• Malay: bunga kertas (ms) (literally “paper flower”)
• Norwegian: bougainvillea, trillingblomst
• Polish: bugenwilla f
• Portuguese: bougainvillea f, buganvília f
• Romanian: bougainvillea (ro) f
• Russian: бугенвиллия f (bugenvillija)
• Spanish: buganvilia (es) f (Mexico), buganvilla (es) f (Spain), comomosí m (Bolivia), papelillo (es) m (Peru), Santa Rita f (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), trinitaria (es) f (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela), veranera f (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama), bugambilia f (Mesoamerica)
• Swedish: trillingblomssläktet
• Tagalog: bogambilya
• Telugu: కాగితంపువ్వు (te) (kāgitampuvvu)
• Thai: เฟื่องฟ้า (th) (fʉ̂ʉang-fáa)
• Turkish: begonvil (tr)
• Ukrainian: бугенвілія f (buhenvilija)
• Vietnamese: hoa giấy (vi)

Finnish

Etymology

From taxonomic name Bougainvillea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡɑnʋilːeɑ/, [ˈbuɡɑ̝nˌʋilːe̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilːeɑ

Noun

bougainvillea

1. bougainvillea

Declension

Inflection of bougainvillea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bougainvilleani bougainvilleani accusative nom. bougainvilleani bougainvilleani gen. bougainvilleani genitive bougainvilleani bougainvilleoideni bougainvilleoitteni bougainvilleaini rare partitive bougainvilleaani bougainvilleoitani inessive bougainvilleassani bougainvilleoissani elative bougainvilleastani bougainvilleoistani illative bougainvilleaani bougainvilleoihini adessive bougainvilleallani bougainvilleoillani ablative bougainvillealtani bougainvilleoiltani allative bougainvillealleni bougainvilleoilleni essive bougainvilleanani bougainvilleoinani translative bougainvilleakseni bougainvilleoikseni abessive bougainvilleattani bougainvilleoittani instructive — — comitative — bougainvilleoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bougainvilleasi bougainvilleasi accusative nom. bougainvilleasi bougainvilleasi gen. bougainvilleasi genitive bougainvilleasi bougainvilleoidesi bougainvilleoittesi bougainvilleaisi rare partitive bougainvilleaasi bougainvilleoitasi inessive bougainvilleassasi bougainvilleoissasi elative bougainvilleastasi bougainvilleoistasi illative bougainvilleaasi bougainvilleoihisi adessive bougainvilleallasi bougainvilleoillasi ablative bougainvillealtasi bougainvilleoiltasi allative bougainvilleallesi bougainvilleoillesi essive bougainvilleanasi bougainvilleoinasi translative bougainvilleaksesi bougainvilleoiksesi abessive bougainvilleattasi bougainvilleoittasi instructive — — comitative — bougainvilleoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bougainvilleamme bougainvilleamme accusative nom. bougainvilleamme bougainvilleamme gen. bougainvilleamme genitive bougainvilleamme bougainvilleoidemme bougainvilleoittemme bougainvilleaimme rare partitive bougainvilleaamme bougainvilleoitamme inessive bougainvilleassamme bougainvilleoissamme elative bougainvilleastamme bougainvilleoistamme illative bougainvilleaamme bougainvilleoihimme adessive bougainvilleallamme bougainvilleoillamme ablative bougainvillealtamme bougainvilleoiltamme allative bougainvilleallemme bougainvilleoillemme essive bougainvilleanamme bougainvilleoinamme translative bougainvilleaksemme bougainvilleoiksemme abessive bougainvilleattamme bougainvilleoittamme instructive — — comitative — bougainvilleoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bougainvilleanne bougainvilleanne accusative nom. bougainvilleanne bougainvilleanne gen. bougainvilleanne genitive bougainvilleanne bougainvilleoidenne bougainvilleoittenne bougainvilleainne rare partitive bougainvilleaanne bougainvilleoitanne inessive bougainvilleassanne bougainvilleoissanne elative bougainvilleastanne bougainvilleoistanne illative bougainvilleaanne bougainvilleoihinne adessive bougainvilleallanne bougainvilleoillanne ablative bougainvillealtanne bougainvilleoiltanne allative bougainvilleallenne bougainvilleoillenne essive bougainvilleananne bougainvilleoinanne translative bougainvilleaksenne bougainvilleoiksenne abessive bougainvilleattanne bougainvilleoittanne instructive — — comitative — bougainvilleoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative bougainvilleansa bougainvilleansa accusative nom. bougainvilleansa bougainvilleansa gen. bougainvilleansa genitive bougainvilleansa bougainvilleoidensa bougainvilleoittensa bougainvilleainsa rare partitive bougainvilleaansa bougainvilleoitaan bougainvilleoitansa inessive bougainvilleassaan bougainvilleassansa bougainvilleoissaan bougainvilleoissansa elative bougainvilleastaan bougainvilleastansa bougainvilleoistaan bougainvilleoistansa illative bougainvilleaansa bougainvilleoihinsa adessive bougainvilleallaan bougainvilleallansa bougainvilleoillaan bougainvilleoillansa ablative bougainvillealtaan bougainvillealtansa bougainvilleoiltaan bougainvilleoiltansa allative bougainvillealleen bougainvilleallensa bougainvilleoilleen bougainvilleoillensa essive bougainvilleanaan bougainvilleanansa bougainvilleoinaan bougainvilleoinansa translative bougainvilleakseen bougainvilleaksensa bougainvilleoikseen bougainvilleoiksensa abessive bougainvilleattaan bougainvilleattansa bougainvilleoittaan bougainvilleoittansa instructive — — comitative — bougainvilleoineen bougainvilleoinensa

Synonyms

• ihmeköynnös

Further reading

• “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 2 July 2023

Portuguese

Noun

bougainvillea f (plural bougainvilleas)

1. bougainvillea (flower)