geranium

See also: Geranium and géranium

English

Geranium sanguineum

Etymology

From Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (gerắnĭon), from γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈɹeɪni.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniəm

Noun

geranium (plural geraniums or gerania)

2. (strictly) Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, of family Geraniaceae.

   Synonyms: cranesbill, true geranium, hardy geranium

4. (loosely) Any flowering plant of the genus Pelargonium, of family Geraniaceae.

   Synonym: pelargonium

5. A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .

   geranium:  

Usage notes

See pelargonium.

Derived terms

• apple geranium (Pelargonium odoratissimum)
• Carolina geranium (Geranium carolinianum)
• coconut geranium (Pelargonium grossularioides)
• geranium bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)
• geraniumlike
• geranium oil
• horseshoe geranium (Pelargonium × hortorum)
• Indian geranium
• ivy geranium
• lemon geranium (Pelargonium crispum)
• Martha Washington geranium (Pelargonium × domesticum)
• mint geranium
• nutmeg geranium (Pelargonium × fragrans)
• peppermint geranium (Pelargonium tomentosum)
• regal geranium (Pelargonium × domesticum)
• rock geranium (Heuchera spp.)
• rose geranium (Pelargonium spp.)
• scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans)
• strawberry geranium (Saxifraga stolonifera)
• wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
• zonal geranium (Pelargonium × hortorum)

Related terms

• geraniol

Translations

flowering plant of the genus Geranium, a true geranium

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: здравец (bg) m (zdravec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老鸛草 / 老鹳草

• Czech: kakost f
• Danish: storkenæb (da), geranium n
• Finnish: kurjenpolvi (fi)
• French: géranium (fr) m
• Galician: xeranio m
• Georgian: ნემსიწვერა (nemsic̣vera)
• German: Storchschnabel m, Geranie (de) f
• Greek: γεράνιον n (geránion), γεράνι (el) n (geráni)

  Ancient: γεράνιον n (geránion)

• Hungarian: gólyaorr (hu)
• Irish: crobh fola m, geiréiniam m
• Italian: geranio perenne m, geranio (it) m
• Japanese: ゼラニウム (zeraniumu)
• Norman: djérainium m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: geranium m, storkenebb m or n

  Nynorsk: geranium m, storkenebb m or n

• Plautdietsch: Ommeraunje f
• Polish: bodziszek m, geranium (pl) n
• Portuguese: gerânio (pt) m
• Romanian: geraniu (ro) m
• Russian: гера́нь (ru) f (geránʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: zdravnjak

• Spanish: geranio (es) m
• Tagalog: heranyo
• Turkish: sardunya (tr)
• Volapük: (Geranium) gerum
• Welsh: pig yr aran m, troedrudd f or m

common name for Pelargoniums — see also pelargonium

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: мушкато (bg) n (muškato)
• Catalan: gerani m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: pelargónie f
• Danish: pelargonie c, geranium
• Dutch: geranium (nl) f
• Finnish: pelargoni (fi)
• French: géranium (fr) m, pélargonium (fr) m
• Georgian: ნემსიწვერა (nemsic̣vera)
• German: Geranie (de) f, Balkongeranie (de) f
• Hungarian: muskátli (hu)
• Ingrian: jerantka
• Irish: peileargóiniam m
• Italian: geranio (it) m, pelargonio m
• Japanese: フウロソウ (fūrosō), 風露草 (fūrosō)
• Norman: djérainium m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: geranium m

  Nynorsk: geranium m

• Polish: pelargonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: gerânio (pt) m, pelargónio (pt) m (Portugal), pelargônio m (Brazil)
• Romanian: mușcată (ro) f, pelargonie (ro) f
• Russian: гера́нь (ru) f (geránʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: здра̀вац m

  Roman: zdràvac (sh) m

• Spanish: geranio (es) m
• Swedish: pelargonia (sv) c, pelargon (sv) c
• Volapük: (Pelargonium) pelargun

colour

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: oranssinpunainen (fi)
• Italian: geranio (it)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• alfilaria
• storksbill
• geranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pelargonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Geranium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pelargonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Adjective

geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)

1. Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans).

Translations

color

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: oranssinpunainen (fi)
• Italian: geranio (it)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

redsedit

• blood red
• brick red
• burgundy
• cardinal
• carmine
• carnation
• cerise
• cherry
• cherry red
• Chinese red
• cinnabar
• claret
• crimson
• damask
• fire brick
• fire engine red
• flame
• flamingo
• fuchsia
• garnet
• geranium
• gules
• hot pink
• incarnadine
• Indian red
• magenta
• maroon
• misty rose
• nacarat
• oxblood
• pillar-box red
• pink
• Pompeian red
• poppy
• raspberry
• red violet
• rose
• rouge
• ruby
• ruddy
• salmon
• sanguine
• scarlet
• shocking pink
• stammel
• strawberry
• Turkey red
• Venetian red
• vermilion
• vinaceous
• vinous
• violet red
• wine

Danish

Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).

Noun

geranium c (definite singular geranien, indefinite plural geranier, definite plural geranierne)

1. a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
2. a pelargonium (popular name)

Declension

Declension of geranium

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	geranium	geranien	geranier	geranierne
genitive	geraniums	geraniens	geraniers	geraniernes

Synonyms

• storkenæb

Related terms

• pelargonie

References

• “geranium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”); more at ooievaarsbek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈraː.ni.ʏm/
• Hyphenation: ge‧ra‧ni‧um

Noun

geranium f (plural geraniums, diminutive geraniumpje n)

1. a geranium, plant of the genus Geranium

   Synonym: ooievaarsbek

2. (informal) a pelargonium

Derived terms

• achter de geraniums zitten
• geraniumblauwtje

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛˈra.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒeˈraː.ni.um]

Noun

geranium n (genitive geraniī or geranī); second declension

1. alternative form of geranium

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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	geranium	gerania
genitive	geraniī geranī1	geraniōrum
dative	geraniō	geraniīs
accusative	geranium	gerania
ablative	geraniō	geraniīs
vocative	geranium	gerania

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → English: geranium
• → Translingual: Geranium

References

• “geranion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).

Noun

geranium m (definite singular geranien or geraniumen, indefinite plural geranier, definite plural geraniene)

1. a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
2. a pelargonium (popular name)

Synonyms

• storkenebb

Related terms

• pelargonia

References

• “geranium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “geranium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos).

Noun

geranium m (definite singular geraniumen, indefinite plural geraniumar, definite plural geraniumane)

1. a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
2. a pelargonium (popular name)

Synonyms

• storkenebb

Related terms

• pelargonia

References

• “geranium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

geranium

Alternative forms

• gerania (less common)
• hirejanijo (Near Masovian)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈraɲ.jum/
• Rhymes: -aɲjum
• Syllabification: ge‧ran‧ium

Noun

geranium n (related adjective geraniowy)

1. geranium, cranesbill (any flowering plant of the genus Geranium)

   Synonyms: bodziszek, gerania

2. a popular name of some species of pelargonium

Declension

Declension of geranium

	singular	plural
nominative	geranium	gerania
genitive	geranium	geraniów
dative	geranium	geraniom
accusative	geranium	gerania
instrumental	geranium	geraniami
locative	geranium	geraniach
vocative	geranium	gerania

Further reading

• geranium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• geranium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French géranium.

Noun

geranium n (uncountable)

1. geranium

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	geranium	geraniumul
genitive-dative	geranium	geraniumului
vocative	geraniumule