fuchsia
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Fuchsia (1)
English
Etymology
From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).
Pronunciation
- enPR: fyū'shə, IPA(key): /ˈfjuːʃə/
- (obsolete) enPR: fū'ksēə, IPA(key): /ˈfuːksi.ə/[1]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːʃə
Noun
fuchsia (plural fuchsias)
- A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)
- Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves
- 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)
- A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
- 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 258:
- She tilted a hand topped with long rectangular nails in furious fuchsia towards her cheeks and fluttered the fingers, fanning.
Derived terms
Translations
plant
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colour
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Adjective
fuchsia (not comparable)
See also
- (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)
References
- ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Fuchsia”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., page 21.
Further reading
fuchsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Category:fuchsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
fuchsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Leonhart Fuchs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Etymology
Named after Leonhart Fuchs.
Pronunciation
Noun
fuchsia c (singular definite fuchsiaen, plural indefinite fuchsiaer or fuchsier)
Inflection
Declension of fuchsia
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fuchsia | fuchsiaen | fuchsiaer fuchsier |
fuchsiaerne fuchsierne |
| genitive | fuchsias | fuchsiaens | fuchsiaers fuchsiers |
fuchsiaernes fuchsiernes |
References
- “fuchsia” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Pronunciation
Noun
fuchsia m (plural fuchsias)
Adjective
fuchsia (invariable)
Further reading
- “fuchsia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.