pelargoni

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Etymology

From Swedish pelargon. The dialectal variants like pela(r)kuu(ni) show a more direct borrowing, while the standard form pelargoni has been brought closer to the Latinate Pelargonium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpelɑrɡo(ː)ni/,
  • Rhymes: -oni
  • Hyphenation(key): pe‧lar‧go‧ni

Noun

pelargoni

  1. pelargonium, storksbill; geranium (any plant in the genus Pelargonium)

Usage notes

Pelargoniums are often commonly known in English as geraniums, because the two genera were earlier regarded as being one, called Geranium.

Declension

Inflection of pelargoni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative pelargoni pelargonit
genitive pelargonin pelargonien
partitive pelargonia pelargoneja
illative pelargoniin pelargoneihin
singular plural
nominative pelargoni pelargonit
accusative nom. pelargoni pelargonit
gen. pelargonin
genitive pelargonin pelargonien
partitive pelargonia pelargoneja
inessive pelargonissa pelargoneissa
elative pelargonista pelargoneista
illative pelargoniin pelargoneihin
adessive pelargonilla pelargoneilla
ablative pelargonilta pelargoneilta
allative pelargonille pelargoneille
essive pelargonina pelargoneina
translative pelargoniksi pelargoneiksi
abessive pelargonitta pelargoneitta
instructive pelargonein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pelargoni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

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Noun

pelargoni m

  1. plural of pelargonio

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