dahlia

See also: Dahlia

English

A dahlia flower

Etymology

Named 1791 after Anders Dahl, by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪ.li.ə/, /ˈdɑː.li.ə/

  • Audio (Southern England); /ˈdɑːliə/:

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdæl.jə/, /ˈdɑl.jə/, /ˈdeɪl.jə/

• Audio (Australia); /ˈdæljə/:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪliə, -ɑːliə, -æliə

Noun

dahlia (plural dahlias)

1. Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.

Derived terms

• dahlin
• sea dahlia

Translations

any plant of the genus Dahlia

• Arabic: دَالِيَّا m (dāliyyā)
• Armenian: գեորգենի (hy) (georgeni), գեորգին (georgin)
• Bengali: ডালিয়া (bn) (ḍaliẏa)
• Bulgarian: далия (bg) f (dalija), гергина f (gergina)
• Burmese: ဒေလီယာ (my) (deliya)
• Catalan: dàlia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大麗花 / 大丽花 (zh) (dàlìhuā), 大理花 (zh) (dàlǐhuā), 天竺牡丹 (zh) (tiānzhú mǔdān)

• Czech: jiřina (cs) f
• Danish: georgine c, dahlia c
• Dutch: dahlia (nl) f
• Esperanto: dalio
• Estonian: daalia (et)
• Faroese: georgina f
• Finnish: daalia (fi)
• French: dahlia (fr) m
• Friulian: dalie f
• Georgian: გეორგინა (georgina)
• German: Dahlie (de) f
• Greek: ντάλια (el) f (ntália)
• Hawaiian: waiohinu
• Hungarian: dália (hu)
• Icelandic: dalía f, glitfífill m
• Ido: dalio (io), dahlia (io)
• Indonesian: dahlia (id)
• Ingrian: georgiini
• Irish: dáilia f
• Italian: dalia (it) f
• Japanese: ダリア (ja) (daria), 天竺牡丹 (てんじくぼたん, tenjikubotan)
• Kazakh: нарғызгүл (narğyzgül)
• Korean: 다알리아속 (daalliasok)
• Lithuanian: jurginas m
• Macedonian: георгина f (georgina)
• Māori: teiria
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: georgine, dahlia

  Nynorsk: georgine, dahlia

• Occitan: dalià m
• Polish: dalia (pl), georginia (pl) f
• Portuguese: dália (pt) f
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: dalie (ro) f, gherghină (ro) f
• Russian: георги́н (ru) m (georgín)
• Samogitian: jorgėns m
• Slovak: georgína f
• Slovene: dalija (sl) f
• Spanish: dalia (es) f
• Swedish: dahlia (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalya
• Tajik: гули кавкаб (gul-i kavkab), кавкаб (kavkab)
• Thai: รักเร่ (th) (rák-rêe)
• Turkish: yıldız çiçeği (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: یلدز چیچكی (yıldız çiçeği)

• Ukrainian: жоржи́на f (žoržýna)
• Urdu: ڈہلیا (ḍahliyā)
• Vietnamese: thược dược (vi)
• Volapük: daliad (vo)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “dahlia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Danish

Etymology

Named in 1791 after Anders Dahl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdæˀlja]

Noun

dahlia c (singular definite dahliaen, plural indefinite dahliaer)

1. a dahlia (Dahlia)

   Synonym: georgine

Declension

Declension of dahlia

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dahlia	dahliaen	dahliaer	dahliaerne
genitive	dahlias	dahliaens	dahliaers	dahliaernes

References

• “dahlia” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Dahlia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.liˌaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dah‧lia

Noun

dahlia f (plural dahlia's, diminutive dahliaatje n)

1. dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia

Derived terms

• dahliaknol
• zeedahlia

French

un dahlia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.lja/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

dahlia m (plural dahlias)

1. dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia

Further reading

• “dahlia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdahlia̯]
• Hyphenation: dah‧lia
• Rhymes: -lia̯, -ia̯, -a

Noun

dahlia (plural dahlia-dahlia)

1. dahlia

Further reading

• “dahlia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016