opuntia
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Opuntia.
Pronunciation
Noun
opuntia (plural opuntias)
- Opuntia, a genus of cactus that includes such cacti as the prickly pear and xoconostle.
Translations
Genus of flower
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From translingual Opuntia.
Pronunciation
Noun
opuntia
- opuntia (flower)
Declension
| Inflection of opuntia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | opuntia | opuntiat | |
| genitive | opuntian | opuntioiden opuntioitten | |
| partitive | opuntiaa | opuntioita | |
| illative | opuntiaan | opuntioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | opuntia | opuntiat | |
| accusative | nom. | opuntia | opuntiat |
| gen. | opuntian | ||
| genitive | opuntian | opuntioiden opuntioitten opuntiain rare | |
| partitive | opuntiaa | opuntioita | |
| inessive | opuntiassa | opuntioissa | |
| elative | opuntiasta | opuntioista | |
| illative | opuntiaan | opuntioihin | |
| adessive | opuntialla | opuntioilla | |
| ablative | opuntialta | opuntioilta | |
| allative | opuntialle | opuntioille | |
| essive | opuntiana | opuntioina | |
| translative | opuntiaksi | opuntioiksi | |
| abessive | opuntiatta | opuntioitta | |
| instructive | — | opuntioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “opuntia”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
opuntia m (plural opuntias)
- opuntia (flower)
Further reading
- “opuntia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.