petunia

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English

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Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (the tobacco plant), from Portuguese petum (tobacco), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

petunia (plural petunias)

  1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
    • 2002, Larry Hodgson, Annuals for Every Purpose, page 57:
      Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems.
    • 2003, Norman Winter, Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South, page 39:
      The small purple petunias are produced in profusion and without ceasing during the entire season.
    • 2013, Jan Riggenbach, Your Midwest Garden: An Owner's Manual, page 18:
      Closely related calibrachoas, often called miniature petunias, offer dainty petunia-like blossoms that are perfect for planting in pots.
      No matter what type of petunias you choose, they all prefer plenty of sun.
  2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
    petunia:  
  3. (slang) a homosexual

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Adjective

petunia (not comparable)

  1. Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

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See also

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “petunia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (obsolete word for the tobacco plant), from Portuguese petum (tobacco), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpetuniɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): pe‧tu‧nia

Noun

petunia

  1. petunia

Declension

Inflection of petunia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative petunia petuniat
genitive petunian petunioiden
petunioitten
partitive petuniaa petunioita
illative petuniaan petunioihin
singular plural
nominative petunia petuniat
accusative nom. petunia petuniat
gen. petunian
genitive petunian petunioiden
petunioitten
petuniain rare
partitive petuniaa petunioita
inessive petuniassa petunioissa
elative petuniasta petunioista
illative petuniaan petunioihin
adessive petunialla petunioilla
ablative petunialta petunioilta
allative petunialle petunioille
essive petuniana petunioina
translative petuniaksi petunioiksi
abessive petuniatta petunioitta
instructive petunioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of petunia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative petuniani petuniani
accusative nom. petuniani petuniani
gen. petuniani
genitive petuniani petunioideni
petunioitteni
petuniaini rare
partitive petuniaani petunioitani
inessive petuniassani petunioissani
elative petuniastani petunioistani
illative petuniaani petunioihini
adessive petuniallani petunioillani
ablative petunialtani petunioiltani
allative petunialleni petunioilleni
essive petunianani petunioinani
translative petuniakseni petunioikseni
abessive petuniattani petunioittani
instructive
comitative petunioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative petuniasi petuniasi
accusative nom. petuniasi petuniasi
gen. petuniasi
genitive petuniasi petunioidesi
petunioittesi
petuniaisi rare
partitive petuniaasi petunioitasi
inessive petuniassasi petunioissasi
elative petuniastasi petunioistasi
illative petuniaasi petunioihisi
adessive petuniallasi petunioillasi
ablative petunialtasi petunioiltasi
allative petuniallesi petunioillesi
essive petunianasi petunioinasi
translative petuniaksesi petunioiksesi
abessive petuniattasi petunioittasi
instructive
comitative petunioinesi

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Italian

Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (obsolete word for the tobacco plant), from Portuguese petum (tobacco), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Noun

petunia f (plural petunie)

  1. petunia (flower)

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.

Noun

petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petunia, definite plural petuniaene)

  1. petunia

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.

Noun

petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petuniaar, definite plural petuniaene or petuniaane)

  1. petunia

References

Polish

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petunie

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English petunia, French pétunia, German Petunie, ultimately from New Latin Petunia, from French pétun, from Portuguese petum, from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛˈtuɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɲja
  • Syllabification: pe‧tun‧ia

Noun

petunia f

  1. petunia (any plant of the genus Petunia)

Declension

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈtunja/
  • Rhymes: -unja
  • Syllabification: pe‧tu‧nia

Noun

petunia f (plural petunias)

  1. petunia

Further reading