begonia

English

Begonia hiemalis

Etymology

Borrowed from French bégonia, named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈɡoʊni.ə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊniə

Noun

begonia (plural begonias)

  1. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.

Derived terms

Translations


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bégonia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈɣoː.niˌaː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧go‧nia

Noun

begonia m (plural begonia's, diminutive begoniaatje n)

  1. begonia

Finnish

Etymology

From French bégonia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɡoniɑ/, [ˈbe̞ɡo̞ˌniɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): be‧go‧ni‧a

Noun

begonia

  1. begonia

Declension

Inflection of begonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative begonia begoniat
genitive begonian begonioiden
begonioitten
partitive begoniaa begonioita
illative begoniaan begonioihin
singular plural
nominative begonia begoniat
accusative nom. begonia begoniat
gen. begonian
genitive begonian begonioiden
begonioitten
begoniainrare
partitive begoniaa begonioita
inessive begoniassa begonioissa
elative begoniasta begonioista
illative begoniaan begonioihin
adessive begonialla begonioilla
ablative begonialta begonioilta
allative begonialle begonioille
essive begoniana begonioina
translative begoniaksi begonioiksi
instructive begonioin
abessive begoniatta begonioitta
comitative begonioineen
Possessive forms of begonia (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person begoniani begoniamme
2nd person begoniasi begonianne
3rd person begoniansa

Compounds


Italian

Noun

begonia f (plural begonie)

  1. begonia

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Noun

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begonier or begoniaer, definite plural begoniene or begoniaene)

  1. a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Noun

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begoniaar or begoniaer, definite plural begoniaane or begoniaene)

  1. a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)

References


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bégonia, named after French governer of Saint-Domingue Michel Bégon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈɡɔɲ.ja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲja
  • Syllabification: be‧gon‧ia

Noun

begonia f (diminutive begonijka)

  1. begonia

Declension

Further reading

  • begonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • begonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈɡonja/ [beˈɣ̞o.nja]
  • Rhymes: -onja
  • Syllabification: be‧go‧nia

Noun

begonia f (plural begonias)

  1. begonia

Further reading


Swedish

Noun

begonia c

  1. begonia (flower)

Declension

Declension of begonia 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative begonia begonian begonior begoniorna
Genitive begonias begonians begoniors begoniornas

Further reading

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