petunia
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /pəˈtuːnjə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editpetunia (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
Derived terms
editTranslations
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Adjective
editpetunia (not comparable)
- Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
Translations
editSee also
editReferences
edit- Petunia in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “petunia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpetunia
Declension
editInflection 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 petuniain rare | |
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
Anagrams
editItalian
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
Noun
editpetunia f (plural petunie)
- petunia (flower)
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.
Noun
editpetunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petunia, definite plural petuniaene)
References
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.
Noun
editpetunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petuniaar, definite plural petuniaene or petuniaane)
References
edit- “petunia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editEtymology
editInternationalism; compare English petunia, French pétunia, German Petunie, ultimately from New Latin Petunia, from French pétun, from Portuguese petum, from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpetunia f
Declension
editFurther reading
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpetunia f (plural petunias)
Further reading
edit- “petunia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English terms borrowed from New Latin
- English terms derived from New Latin
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Paraguayan Guaraní
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English slang
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English terms suffixed with -ia
- en:Flowers
- en:Nightshades
- en:Purples
- Finnish terms derived from New Latin
- Finnish terms derived from French
- Finnish terms derived from Portuguese
- Finnish terms derived from Paraguayan Guaraní
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- fi:Flowers
- Italian terms derived from New Latin
- Italian terms derived from French
- Italian terms derived from Portuguese
- Italian terms derived from Paraguayan Guaraní
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Flowers
- it:Nightshades
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from New Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Guaraní
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Flowers
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from New Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Guaraní
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Flowers
- Polish internationalisms
- Polish terms derived from New Latin
- Polish terms derived from French
- Polish terms derived from Portuguese
- Polish terms derived from Paraguayan Guaraní
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/uɲa
- Rhymes:Polish/uɲa/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Flowers
- pl:Nightshades
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/unja
- Rhymes:Spanish/unja/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Flowers