geranium

English

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Geranium (disambiguation)

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Etymology

From Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (geránion), from γέρᾰνος (géranos, “crane”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈɹeɪni.əm/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniəm

Noun

geranium (plural geraniums or gerania)

1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium of cranesbills, of family Geraniaceae.
2. The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium.
3. A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.

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Synonyms

• (Geranium): cranesbill
• (Pelargonium): pelargonium

Derived terms

Related terms

• geraniol

Translations

See also

• alfilaria
• storksbill
• geranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pelargonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Geranium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pelargonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Adjective

geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)

1. Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.

Translations

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)}

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”); more at ooievaarsbek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈraː.ni.ʏm/
• Hyphenation: ge‧ra‧ni‧um

Noun

geranium f (plural geraniums, diminutive geraniumpje n)

1. A geranium, plant of the genus Geranium.

   Synonym: ooievaarsbek

2. (informal) A pelargonium.

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈra.ni.um/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈra.ni.um/,

Noun

geranium n (genitive geraniī or geranī); second declension

1. Latinized spelling of geranion

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Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → English: geranium
• → Translingual: Geranium

References

• “geranion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

storkenebbfamilien

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).

Noun

geranium m (definite singular geranien or geraniumen, indefinite plural geranier, definite plural geraniene)

1. a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
2. a pelargonium (popular name)

Synonyms

• storkenebb

Related terms

• pelargonia

References

• “geranium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “geranium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

storkenebbfamilien

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos).

Noun

geranium m (definite singular geraniumen, indefinite plural geraniumar, definite plural geraniumane)

1. a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
2. a pelargonium (popular name)

Synonyms

• storkenebb

Related terms

• pelargonia

References

• “geranium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

geranium

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈraɲ.jum/
• Rhymes: -aɲjum
• Syllabification: ge‧ran‧ium

Noun

geranium n

1. geranium, cranesbill (any flowering plant of the genus Geranium)

   Synonyms: bodziszek, gerania

2. a popular name of some species of pelargonium

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French géranium.

Noun

geranium n (uncountable)

1. geranium

Declension