geranium

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See also: Geranium and géranium

English

Geranium sanguineum

Etymology

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

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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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Adjective

geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)

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

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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

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

geranium n (genitive geraniī or geranī); second declension

  1. Latinized spelling of geranion
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Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative geranium gerania
genitive geraniī
geranī1
geraniōrum
dative geraniō geraniīs
accusative geranium gerania
ablative geraniō geraniīs
vocative geranium gerania

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

Descendants

  • English: geranium
  • Translingual: Geranium

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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)

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Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
geranium

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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 (related adjective geraniowy)

  1. geranium, cranesbill (any flowering plant of the genus Geranium)
    Synonyms: bodziszek, gerania
  2. a popular name of some species of pelargonium

Declension

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

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative geranium geraniumul
genitive-dative geranium geraniumului
vocative geraniumule