petunia
English
Etymology
From New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French petun (“the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈtuːnjə/
Noun
petunia (plural petunias)
- 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.
- 2002, Larry Hodgson, Annuals for Every Purpose, page 57,
- A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
- petunia colour:
Derived terms
Translations
flower
colour
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Adjective
petunia (not comparable)
- Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
Translations
colour
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See also
- Appendix:Colors
References
Petunia in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
- “petunia” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Finnish
Etymology
From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
Declension
Inflection of petunia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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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 petuniainrare | |
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 | |
instructive | — | petunioin | |
abessive | petuniatta | petunioitta | |
comitative | — | petunioineen |
Italian
Etymology
From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petunia, definite plural petuniaene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petuniaar, definite plural petuniaene or petuniaane)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈtunja/, [peˈt̪unja]
External links
- “petunia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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