bonsai
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Japanese 盆栽 (bonsai), from Middle Chinese 盆 (MC bwon, “bowl”) + 栽 (MC tsoj|dzojH, “to plant”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑnsaɪ/, /ˈbɑnzaɪ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒnsaɪ/
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Noun edit
bonsai (countable and uncountable, plural bonsai or bonsais)
- (countable) A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
- (uncountable) The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner.
Verb edit
bonsai (third-person singular simple present bonsais, present participle bonsaiing, simple past and past participle bonsaied)
- (transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.
- 2001, Dennis Parks, Living in the Country Growing Weird, page 50:
- Could I be a father who was, so to speak, bonsaiing his children, trimming urban roots, and then twisting the emerging branches?
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a miniaturized tree or plant
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the art of growing miniaturized trees or plants
Etymology 2 edit
Interjection edit
bonsai
- Misspelling of banzai.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bonsai
- (countable) bonsai tree
- (uncountable) art of bonsai
Synonyms edit
- (tree): bonsaitræ
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bonsai
Declension edit
Inflection of bonsai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | bonsai | bonsait | ||
genitive | bonsain | bonsaiden bonsaitten | ||
partitive | bonsaita | bonsaita | ||
illative | bonsaihin | bonsaihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | bonsai | bonsait | ||
accusative | nom. | bonsai | bonsait | |
gen. | bonsain | |||
genitive | bonsain | bonsaiden bonsaitten | ||
partitive | bonsaita | bonsaita | ||
inessive | bonsaissa | bonsaissa | ||
elative | bonsaista | bonsaista | ||
illative | bonsaihin | bonsaihin | ||
adessive | bonsailla | bonsailla | ||
ablative | bonsailta | bonsailta | ||
allative | bonsaille | bonsaille | ||
essive | bonsaina | bonsaina | ||
translative | bonsaiksi | bonsaiksi | ||
abessive | bonsaitta | bonsaitta | ||
instructive | — | bonsain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “bonsai”, 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 2023-07-02
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 盆栽 (bonsai), from Middle Chinese 盆 (MC bwon, “bowl”) + 栽 (MC tsoj|dzojH, “to plant”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bonsai (first-person possessive bonsaiku, second-person possessive bonsaimu, third-person possessive bonsainya)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bonsai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
bonsai
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 盆栽 (bonsai).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bonsai n (indeclinable)
Further reading edit
- bonsai in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 盆栽 (ぼんさい, bonsai).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bon‧sai
Noun edit
bonsai m (plural bonsais)
- bonsai (a miniaturised tree or plant)
- (uncountable) bonsai (the art of growing miniaturised trees or plants)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bonsai m (plural bonsais)