fuchsia
English edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: fyū'shə, IPA(key): /ˈfjuːʃə/
- (obsolete) enPR: fū'ksēə, IPA(key): /ˈfuːksi.ə/[1]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːʃə
Noun edit
fuchsia (plural fuchsias)
- A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)
- Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)
- A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
- 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 258:
- She tilted a hand topped with long rectangular nails in furious fuchsia towards her cheeks and fluttered the fingers, fanning.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
plant
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colour
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Adjective edit
fuchsia (not comparable)
See also edit
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
References edit
- ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Fuchsia”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech[1], Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 21.
Further reading edit
- fuchsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:fuchsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- fuchsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Leonhart Fuchs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Named after Leonhart Fuchs.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fuchsia c (singular definite fuchsiaen, plural indefinite fuchsiaer or fuchsier)
Inflection edit
Declension of fuchsia
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fuchsia | fuchsiaen | fuchsiaer fuchsier |
fuchsiaerne fuchsierne |
genitive | fuchsias | fuchsiaens | fuchsiaers fuchsiers |
fuchsiaernes fuchsiernes |
References edit
- “fuchsia” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fuchsia m (plural fuchsias)
Adjective edit
fuchsia (invariable)
Further reading edit
- “fuchsia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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