bougainvillea
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Bougainvillea flowers and bracts.
See also: Bougainvillea
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbuː.ɡənˈvɪl.ɪ.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/, /ˌboʊ.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/
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Noun
bougainvillea (plural bougainvilleas)
- Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.
- 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 129:
- He is outside in his garden, surrounded by bougainvillea bursting with color.
Translations
flower
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Finnish
Etymology
From translingual Bougainvillea.
Pronunciation
Noun
bougainvillea
Declension
| Inflection of bougainvillea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | |
| genitive | bougainvillean | bougainvilleoiden bougainvilleoitten | |
| partitive | bougainvilleaa | bougainvilleoita | |
| illative | bougainvilleaan | bougainvilleoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | |
| accusative | nom. | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat |
| gen. | bougainvillean | ||
| genitive | bougainvillean | bougainvilleoiden bougainvilleoitten bougainvilleain rare | |
| partitive | bougainvilleaa | bougainvilleoita | |
| inessive | bougainvilleassa | bougainvilleoissa | |
| elative | bougainvilleasta | bougainvilleoista | |
| illative | bougainvilleaan | bougainvilleoihin | |
| adessive | bougainvillealla | bougainvilleoilla | |
| ablative | bougainvillealta | bougainvilleoilta | |
| allative | bougainvillealle | bougainvilleoille | |
| essive | bougainvilleana | bougainvilleoina | |
| translative | bougainvilleaksi | bougainvilleoiksi | |
| abessive | bougainvilleatta | bougainvilleoitta | |
| instructive | — | bougainvilleoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “bougainvillea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Portuguese
Noun
bougainvillea f (plural bougainvilleas)
- bougainvillea (flower)