mimosa

See also: Mimosa

English

Mimosa (1)

Etymology

From New Latin mimosa, from Latin mimus (“mime”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɪˈməʊ.sə/, /mɪˈməʊ.zə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɪˈmoʊ.sə/
• Rhymes: -əʊsə, -əʊzə

Noun

mimosa (plural mimosas or mimosae)

1. (botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.
2. Albizia species (silk tree, pink siris).
3. Acacia species.
4. A cocktail consisting of half champagne and half orange juice.

Translations

plant belonging to the genus Mimosa

• Bulgarian: мимоза f (mimoza)
• Czech: mimóza f, citlivka f
• Finnish: mimoosa (fi)
• German: Mimose (de) f
• Greek: μιμόζα (el) f (mimóza)
• Hungarian: mimóza (hu)
• Irish: míomós
• Italian: mimosa (it) f

• Kazakh: мимоза (mimoza)
• Piedmontese: mimosa f
• Polish: mimoza (pl) f
• Portuguese: mimosa (pt) f
• Romanian: mimoză (ro) f
• Russian: мимо́за (ru) (mimóza)
• Spanish: mimosa (es) f

See also

• mimosa salad
• mimophant

Anagrams

• Maoism

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Finnish

Noun

mimosa

1. Misspelling of mimoosa.

Usage notes

• Mimosa is used as Finnish female given name.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.mo.za/

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Noun

mimosa m (plural mimosas)

1. mimosa

Further reading

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈmo.za/
• Rhymes: -oza
• Hyphenation: mi‧mó‧sa

Noun

mimosa f (plural mimose)

1. mimosa (plant and tree)

Anagrams

• sommai

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈmɔ.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: mi‧mo‧sa

Noun

mimosa f (plural mimosas)

1. (botany) mimosa (any plant belonging to the genus Mimosa)
2. mandarin (fruit)
3. tangerine (variety of the mandarin orange)

Synonyms

• (mandarin): tangerina (widespread form) plus several regional synonyms in Brazil:
  • bergamota, vergamota, (South Brazil)
  • laranja-cravo (Northeast Brazil)
  • laranja-mimosa, mandarina, mexerica (Center-West and Southeast Brazil)
  • poncã (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, South Brazil)
  • tanja (Maranhão, Piauí)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈmosa/, [miˈmo.sa]

Adjective

mimosa

1. feminine singular of mimoso