ikebana

English

Etymology

From Japanese 生け花 (ikebana, literally “living flowers”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

ikebana (countable and uncountable, plural ikebanas)

1. (uncountable) The Japanese art of flower arrangement.
   • 2023 June 10, Morgan Ome, “What Reparations Actually Bought”, in The Atlantic‎^[2]:

     Along with the island’s 3,000 other Japanese American residents, she celebrated Japanese holidays; learned the art of flower arranging, ikebana; and wore kimonos.

2. (countable) An arrangement of flowers according to this art.

Translations

Japanese art of flower arrangement

• Arabic: إِيكِيبَانَا f (ʔikibānā)
• Armenian: իկեբանա (hy) (ikebana)
• Belarusian: ікеба́на f (ikjebána)
• Bulgarian: икеба́на (bg) f (ikebána)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 插花 (zh) (chāhuā), 花道 (zh) (huādào)

• Czech: ikebana (cs) f
• Finnish: ikebana (fi)
• French: ikebana (fr) m
• Georgian: იკებანა (iḳebana)
• German: Ikebana (de) n
• Greek: ικεμπάνα (el) f (ikempána)
• Hebrew: אִיקֶבָנַה f (ikebana)
• Hungarian: ikebana (hu)
• Indonesian: ikebana (id)
• Italian: ikebana (it) f
• Japanese: 生け花 (ja) (いけばな, ikebana), 生花 (ja) (せいか, seika, いけばな, ikebana), 花道 (ja) (かどう, kadō), 華道 (ja) (かどう, kadō), (Western) フラワーアレンジメント (furawā arenjimento)
• Korean: 꽃꽂이 (kkotkkoji), 이케바나 (ikebana)
• Latvian: ikebana f
• Macedonian: икеба́на f (ikebána)
• Malay: ikebana
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: икэбана (ikebana)

• Polish: ikebana (pl) f
• Portuguese: iquebana (pt) f
• Russian: икеба́на (ru) f (ikebána), икэба́на f (ikɛbána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ikebàna (sh) f

  Cyrillic: икеба̀на f

• Slovak: ikebana (sk) f
• Slovene: ikebana f
• Spanish: ikebana (es) f
• Turkish: ikebana (tr)
• Ukrainian: ікеба́на (uk) f (ikebána)
• Vietnamese: ikebana (vi)

References

• The Oxford Paperback Dictionary fourth edition. →ISBN

Anagrams

• Abenaki, in a bake

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 生け花 (いけばな, ikebana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈikebɑnɑ/, [ˈik̟e̞ˌbɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): i‧ke‧ba‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): ike‧ba‧na

Noun

ikebana

1. ikebana

Declension

Inflection of ikebana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		ikebana	ikebanat
genitive		ikebanan	ikebanojen
partitive		ikebanaa	ikebanoja
illative		ikebanaan	ikebanoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ikebana	ikebanat
accusative	nom.	ikebana	ikebanat
	gen.	ikebanan
genitive		ikebanan	ikebanojen ikebanain rare
partitive		ikebanaa	ikebanoja
inessive		ikebanassa	ikebanoissa
elative		ikebanasta	ikebanoista
illative		ikebanaan	ikebanoihin
adessive		ikebanalla	ikebanoilla
ablative		ikebanalta	ikebanoilta
allative		ikebanalle	ikebanoille
essive		ikebanana	ikebanoina
translative		ikebanaksi	ikebanoiksi
abessive		ikebanatta	ikebanoitta
instructive		—	ikebanoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ikebana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ikebanani ikebanani accusative nom. ikebanani ikebanani gen. ikebanani genitive ikebanani ikebanojeni ikebanaini rare partitive ikebanaani ikebanojani inessive ikebanassani ikebanoissani elative ikebanastani ikebanoistani illative ikebanaani ikebanoihini adessive ikebanallani ikebanoillani ablative ikebanaltani ikebanoiltani allative ikebanalleni ikebanoilleni essive ikebananani ikebanoinani translative ikebanakseni ikebanoikseni abessive ikebanattani ikebanoittani instructive — — comitative — ikebanoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ikebanasi ikebanasi accusative nom. ikebanasi ikebanasi gen. ikebanasi genitive ikebanasi ikebanojesi ikebanaisi rare partitive ikebanaasi ikebanojasi inessive ikebanassasi ikebanoissasi elative ikebanastasi ikebanoistasi illative ikebanaasi ikebanoihisi adessive ikebanallasi ikebanoillasi ablative ikebanaltasi ikebanoiltasi allative ikebanallesi ikebanoillesi essive ikebananasi ikebanoinasi translative ikebanaksesi ikebanoiksesi abessive ikebanattasi ikebanoittasi instructive — — comitative — ikebanoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ikebanamme ikebanamme accusative nom. ikebanamme ikebanamme gen. ikebanamme genitive ikebanamme ikebanojemme ikebanaimme rare partitive ikebanaamme ikebanojamme inessive ikebanassamme ikebanoissamme elative ikebanastamme ikebanoistamme illative ikebanaamme ikebanoihimme adessive ikebanallamme ikebanoillamme ablative ikebanaltamme ikebanoiltamme allative ikebanallemme ikebanoillemme essive ikebananamme ikebanoinamme translative ikebanaksemme ikebanoiksemme abessive ikebanattamme ikebanoittamme instructive — — comitative — ikebanoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ikebananne ikebananne accusative nom. ikebananne ikebananne gen. ikebananne genitive ikebananne ikebanojenne ikebanainne rare partitive ikebanaanne ikebanojanne inessive ikebanassanne ikebanoissanne elative ikebanastanne ikebanoistanne illative ikebanaanne ikebanoihinne adessive ikebanallanne ikebanoillanne ablative ikebanaltanne ikebanoiltanne allative ikebanallenne ikebanoillenne essive ikebanananne ikebanoinanne translative ikebanaksenne ikebanoiksenne abessive ikebanattanne ikebanoittanne instructive — — comitative — ikebanoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ikebanansa ikebanansa accusative nom. ikebanansa ikebanansa gen. ikebanansa genitive ikebanansa ikebanojensa ikebanainsa rare partitive ikebanaansa ikebanojaan ikebanojansa inessive ikebanassaan ikebanassansa ikebanoissaan ikebanoissansa elative ikebanastaan ikebanastansa ikebanoistaan ikebanoistansa illative ikebanaansa ikebanoihinsa adessive ikebanallaan ikebanallansa ikebanoillaan ikebanoillansa ablative ikebanaltaan ikebanaltansa ikebanoiltaan ikebanoiltansa allative ikebanalleen ikebanallensa ikebanoilleen ikebanoillensa essive ikebananaan ikebananansa ikebanoinaan ikebanoinansa translative ikebanakseen ikebanaksensa ikebanoikseen ikebanoiksensa abessive ikebanattaan ikebanattansa ikebanoittaan ikebanoittansa instructive — — comitative — ikebanoineen ikebanoinensa

Further reading

• “ikebana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 生け花 (ikebana).

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

ikebana m (plural ikebanas)

1. The Japanese art of flower arrangement.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 生け花 (ikebana, “flower arrangement, ikebana”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ke.ba.na/
• Hyphenation: i‧ké‧ba‧na

Noun

ikebana (countable and uncountable, plural ikebana-ikebana)

1. the Japanese art of flower arrangement
2. an arrangement of flowers in this style

Further reading

• “ikebana”, 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

Japanese

Romanization

ikebana

1. Rōmaji transcription of いけばな

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 生け花 (いけばな, ikebana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.kɛˈba.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: i‧ke‧ba‧na

Noun

ikebana f

1. ikebana (art)
2. ikebana vessel

Declension

Declension of ikebana

	singular
nominative	ikebana
genitive	ikebany
dative	ikebanie
accusative	ikebanę
instrumental	ikebaną
locative	ikebanie
vocative	ikebano

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ikébana or English ikebana, from Japanese 生け花 (ikebana, literally “living flowers”)..

Noun

ikebana f (plural ikebane)

1. ikebana

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 生け花 (いけばな, ikebana).

Noun

ikebàna f (Cyrillic spelling икеба̀на)

1. A person or a thing in a visible position, but of no importance (similar to English expression "just a decoration").

   (Doduše, mnogi tvrde da oni u hrvatskoj vladi služe samo kao ikebana)

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2. ikebana
3. mishmash

   U pravoj gastronomskoj ikebani, gdje su se na trpezi našla hladna predjela, supa, nekoliko vrsta glavnih jela i, naravno, poslastice, teško je bilo neprobati od svega po nešto.

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Declension

    Declension of ikebana

	singular	plural
nominative	ikebana	ikebane
genitive	ikebane	ikebana
dative	ikebani	ikebanama
accusative	ikebanu	ikebane
vocative	ikebano	ikebane
locative	ikebani	ikebanama
instrumental	ikebanom	ikebanama