geranium

geranium

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).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniəm

Noun

geranium (plural geraniums or gerania)

1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, the 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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Synonyms

• (Geranium): cranesbill
• (Pelargonium): pelargonium

Derived terms

• nutmeg geranium
• rock geranium (Heuchera spp.)
• rose geranium (Pelargonium spp.)
• wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

Related terms

• geraniol

Translations

cranesbill

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: здравец (bg) m (zdravec) Chinese: Mandarin: 老鸛草／老鹳草 Danish: storkenæb (da), geranium Finnish: kurjenpolvi (fi) French: géranium (fr) m Galician: xeranio m Georgian: ნემსიწვერა (nemsic̣vera) German: Storchschnabel m Greek: γεράνιον n (geránion), γεράνι (el) n (geráni) Ancient: γεράνιον n (geránion) Hungarian: gólyaorr (hu) Irish: crobh fola m, geiréiniam m Italian: geranio perenne m, geranio (it) m Japanese: ゼラニウム (zeraniumu) Norman: djérainium m Norwegian: Bokmål: geranium m, storkenebb m or n Nynorsk: geranium m, storkenebb m or n Plautdietsch: Ommeraunje f Polish: bodziszek m, geranium (pl) n Portuguese: gerânio (pt) m Romanian: geraniu (ro) m Russian: гера́нь (ru) f (geránʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: zdravnjak Spanish: geranio (es) m Tagalog: heranyo Turkish: sardunya (tr) Volapük: (Geranium) gerum Welsh: pig y crëyr m

common name for Pelargoniums

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: мушкато (bg) n (muškato) Catalan: gerani m Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: pelargónie f Danish: pelargonie c, geranium Dutch: geranium (nl) f Finnish: pelargoni (fi) French: géranium (fr) m, pélargonium (fr) m Georgian: ნემსიწვერა (nemsic̣vera) German: Geranie (de) f Hungarian: muskátli (hu) Irish: peileargóiniam m Italian: geranio (it) m, pelargonio m Norman: djérainium m Norwegian: Bokmål: geranium m Nynorsk: geranium m Polish: pelargonia (pl) f Portuguese: gerânio (pt) m, pelargónio (pt) m (Portugal), pelargônio m (Brazil) Romanian: mușcată (ro) f, pelargonie (ro) f Russian: гера́нь (ru) f (geránʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: здра̀вац m Roman: zdràvac (sh) m Spanish: geranio (es) m Swedish: pelargonia (sv) c, pelargon (sv) c Volapük: (Pelargonium) pelargun

colour

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: oranssinpunainen (fi) Italian: geranio (it) Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• alfilaria
• storksbill
• geranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pelargonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Geranium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pelargonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Adjective

geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)

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

Translations

color

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: oranssinpunainen (fi) Italian: geranio (it) Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).

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.
2. (informal) A pelargonium.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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)

Synonyms

• storkenebb

Related terms

• pelargonia

References

• “geranium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “geranium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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)

Synonyms

• storkenebb

Related terms

• pelargonia

References

• “geranium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈraɲ.jum/
• Rhymes: -aɲjum
• Syllabification: ge‧ran‧ium

Noun

geranium n

1. geranium, cranesbill

   Synonym: bodziszek

2. a popular name of some species of pelargonium

Declension

Declension of geranium

	singular	plural
nominative	geranium	gerania
genitive	geranium	geraniów
dative	geranium	geraniom
accusative	geranium	gerania
instrumental	geranium	geraniami
locative	geranium	geraniach
vocative	geranium	gerania

Derived terms

adjective

• geraniowy

 

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French géranium.

Noun

geranium n (uncountable)

1. geranium

Declension

declension of geranium (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) geranium	geraniumul
genitive/dative	(unui) geranium	geraniumului
vocative	geraniumule