petunia
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Etymology edit
From New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.[1]
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petunia (plural petunias)
- Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
- 2002, Larry Hodgson, Annuals for Every Purpose, page 57:
- Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems.
- 2003, Norman Winter, Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South, page 39:
- The small purple petunias are produced in profusion and without ceasing during the entire season.
- 2013, Jan Riggenbach, Your Midwest Garden: An Owner's Manual, page 18:
- Closely related calibrachoas, often called miniature petunias, offer dainty petunia-like blossoms that are perfect for planting in pots.
No matter what type of petunias you choose, they all prefer plenty of sun.
- A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
- petunia:
- (slang) a homosexual
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petunia (not comparable)
- Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
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References edit
- Petunia in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “petunia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
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petunia
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Inflection of petunia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | petunia | petuniat | ||
genitive | petunian | petunioiden petunioitten | ||
partitive | petuniaa | petunioita | ||
illative | petuniaan | petunioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | petunia | petuniat | ||
accusative | nom. | petunia | petuniat | |
gen. | petunian | |||
genitive | petunian | petunioiden petunioitten petuniainrare | ||
partitive | petuniaa | petunioita | ||
inessive | petuniassa | petunioissa | ||
elative | petuniasta | petunioista | ||
illative | petuniaan | petunioihin | ||
adessive | petunialla | petunioilla | ||
ablative | petunialta | petunioilta | ||
allative | petunialle | petunioille | ||
essive | petuniana | petunioina | ||
translative | petuniaksi | petunioiksi | ||
abessive | petuniatta | petunioitta | ||
instructive | — | petunioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “petunia”, 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 2023-07-03
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
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petunia f (plural petunie)
- petunia (flower)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.
Noun edit
petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petunia, definite plural petuniaene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.
Noun edit
petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petuniaar, definite plural petuniaene or petuniaane)
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- “petunia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; compare English petunia, French pétunia, German Petunie, ultimately from New Latin Petunia, from French pétun, from Portuguese petum, from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
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petunia f
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Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
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petunia f (plural petunias)
Further reading edit
- “petunia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014