azalea

See also: Azalea and azálea

English

An azalea plant

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “I dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈzeɪliə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪliə

Noun

azalea (plural azaleas)

1. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.

Translations

plant — See also translations at rhododendron

• Albanian: azalé
• Armenian: լեռնավարդ (hy) (leṙnavard)
• Bulgarian: аза́лия (bg) f (azálija)
• Catalan: azalea f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杜鵑花 (zh), 杜鹃花 (zh) (dùjuānhuā)

• Czech: azalka (cs) f
• Danish: azalea c
• Dutch: azalea (nl)
• Faroese: asalea f
• Finnish: atsalea (fi)
• French: azalée (fr) f
• Georgian: დეკა (ka) f (deḳa)
• German: Azalee (de) f
• Greek: αζαλέα (el) f (azaléa)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Hunsrik: Asilee f
• Ido: azaleo (io)

• Indonesian: saliyah
• Irish: asáilia f
• Italian: azalea (it) f
• Japanese: 躑躅 (ja) (tsutsuji), つつじ (ja) (tsutsuji)
• Korean: 진달래 (ko) (jindallae)
• Malay: azalea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: asalea m

  Nynorsk: asalea m

• Polish: azalia (pl) f
• Portuguese: azaleia (pt) f
• Romanian: azalee (ro) f
• Russian: аза́лия (ru) f (azálija)
• Spanish: azalea (es) f
• Tagalog: asaleya
• Turkish: açelya (tr)
• Welsh: asalea m

Further reading

• azalea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈzaː.leː.aː/, /aːˈzaː.li.aː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: aza‧lea

Noun

azalea f or m (plural azalea's, diminutive azaleaatje n)

1. azalea, plant of the obsolete genus Azalea

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Esperanto

Adjective

azalea (accusative singular azalean, plural azaleaj, accusative plural azaleajn)

1. of or relating to an azalea

Related terms

• azaleo (“azalea”)

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Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”).

Noun

azalea f (plural azalee)

1. azalea

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”)

Noun

azalea f (genitive azaleae); first declension

1. (New Latin) azalea

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	azalea	azaleae
Genitive	azaleae	azaleārum
Dative	azaleae	azaleīs
Accusative	azaleam	azaleās
Ablative	azaleā	azaleīs
Vocative	azalea	azaleae

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• azálea (Mexico)

Etymology

From New Latin Azalea, a genus name, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because the plant grows in dry soil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθaˈlea/, [a.θaˈle.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asaˈlea/, [a.saˈle.a]
• Rhymes: -ea

Noun

azalea f (plural azaleas)

1. azalea

Further reading

• “azalea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014