geranium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (geránion), from γέρᾰνος (géranos, “crane”) + -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
geranium (plural geraniums or gerania)
- Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium of cranesbills, of family Geraniaceae.
- The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium.
- A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.
- geranium:
Synonyms edit
- (Geranium): cranesbill
- (Pelargonium): pelargonium
Derived terms edit
- apple geranium (Pelargonium odoratissimum)
- coconut geranium (Pelargonium grossularioides)
- geranium bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)
- geranium oil
- horseshoe geranium (Pelargonium × hortorum)
- ivy geranium
- lemon geranium (Pelargonium crispum)
- Martha Washington geranium (Pelargonium × domesticum)
- mint geranium
- nutmeg geranium (Pelargonium × fragrans)
- peppermint geranium (Pelargonium tomentosum)
- regal geranium (Pelargonium × domesticum)
- rock geranium (Heuchera spp.)
- rose geranium (Pelargonium spp.)
- strawberry geranium (Saxifraga stolonifera)
- wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- zonal geranium (Pelargonium × hortorum)
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See also edit
- alfilaria
- storksbill
- geranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pelargonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Geranium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pelargonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Adjective edit
geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)
- Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.
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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)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”); more at ooievaarsbek.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
geranium f (plural geraniums, diminutive geraniumpje n)
- A geranium, plant of the genus Geranium.
- Synonym: ooievaarsbek
- (informal) A pelargonium.
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡeˈra.ni.um/, [ɡɛˈräniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈra.ni.um/, [d͡ʒeˈräːnium]
Noun edit
geranium n (genitive geraniī or geranī); second declension
- Latinized spelling of geranion
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Inflection edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | geranium | gerania |
Genitive | geraniī geranī1 |
geraniōrum |
Dative | geraniō | geraniīs |
Accusative | geranium | gerania |
Ablative | geraniō | geraniīs |
Vocative | geranium | gerania |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
References edit
- “geranion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).
Noun edit
geranium m (definite singular geranien or geraniumen, indefinite plural geranier, definite plural geraniene)
- a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
- a pelargonium (popular name)
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “geranium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “geranium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos).
Noun edit
geranium m (definite singular geraniumen, indefinite plural geraniumar, definite plural geraniumane)
- a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
- a pelargonium (popular name)
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “geranium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
geranium n
- geranium, cranesbill (any flowering plant of the genus Geranium)
- a popular name of some species of pelargonium
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French géranium.
Noun edit
geranium n (uncountable)
Declension edit
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) geranium | geraniumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) geranium | geraniumului |
vocative | geraniumule |