forsythia

See also: Forsythia

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin, named in honor of Scottish horticulturist William Forsyth, who brought the shrub over from China. Forsyth's own name is from Irish Fearsithe, meaning "man of peace."

Noun

forsythia (plural forsythias)

1. Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.
   • 1981 April 25, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voicens In The Night”, in Gay Community News, page 13:

     They heard laughing then, and looked up to see Ann and Bell coming down the street toward them. Ann had plucked a twig of forsythia, and was trying to arrange it in her hair. "Take that off!" Bell was saying. "It's got bugs crawling on it!"

Translations

shrub of genus Forsythia

• Albanian: boshtër (sq) f, shtogër (sq) f, fyshtër (sq) f
• Bulgarian: форзиция f (forzicija), златни звънчета n pl (zlatni zvǎnčeta)
• Chinese: 連翹／连翘 (zh) (liánqiáo)
• Czech: zlatice (cs) f
• Finnish: onnenpensas (fi)
• German: Forsythie (de) f
• Interlingua: forsythia
• Japanese: レンギョウ (rengyō), 連翹
• Korean: 개나리 (ko) (gaenari)
• Lithuanian: forsitija f, forzitija f
• Polish: forsycja (pl) f
• Romanian: forsiția (ro) f
• Spanish: forsitia f
• Swedish: forsythia (sv) c
• Ukrainian: форзиція f (forzycija)
• Vietnamese: liên kiều

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.si.sja/

Noun

forsythia m (plural forsythias)

1. forsythia

Further reading

• “forsythia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.