bougainvillea
See also: Bougainvillea
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbuː.ɡənˈvɪl.ɪ.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/, /ˌboʊ.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/
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Noun edit
bougainvillea (plural bougainvilleas)
- Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.
- 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 129:
- He is outside in his garden, surrounded by bougainvillea bursting with color.
Translations edit
flower
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From translingual Bougainvillea.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bougainvillea
Declension edit
Inflection of bougainvillea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | ||
genitive | bougainvillean | bougainvilleoiden bougainvilleoitten | ||
partitive | bougainvilleaa | bougainvilleoita | ||
illative | bougainvilleaan | bougainvilleoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | ||
accusative | nom. | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | |
gen. | bougainvillean | |||
genitive | bougainvillean | bougainvilleoiden bougainvilleoitten bougainvilleainrare | ||
partitive | bougainvilleaa | bougainvilleoita | ||
inessive | bougainvilleassa | bougainvilleoissa | ||
elative | bougainvilleasta | bougainvilleoista | ||
illative | bougainvilleaan | bougainvilleoihin | ||
adessive | bougainvillealla | bougainvilleoilla | ||
ablative | bougainvillealta | bougainvilleoilta | ||
allative | bougainvillealle | bougainvilleoille | ||
essive | bougainvilleana | bougainvilleoina | ||
translative | bougainvilleaksi | bougainvilleoiksi | ||
abessive | bougainvilleatta | bougainvilleoitta | ||
instructive | — | bougainvilleoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “bougainvillea”, 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
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
bougainvillea f (plural bougainvilleas)
- bougainvillea (flower)