begonia

begonia

See also: Begonia, bégonia, begónia, begònia, begônia, and begonią

English

Begonia hiemalis

Etymology

Borrowed from French bégonia, named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/

• Audio (UK)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈɡoʊni.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊniə

Noun

begonia (plural begonias)

1. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.

Derived terms

• strawberry begonia

Translations

plants of the genus Begonia

Catalan: begònia f Czech: begonie (cs) f, begónie f Dutch: begonia (nl) f Esperanto: begonio Estonian: begoonia Finnish: begonia (fi) French: bégonia (fr) m Galician: begonia (gl) f German: Begonie (de) f Greek: μπιγκόνια (el) f (bigkónia) Haitian Creole: begonya Hungarian: begónia (hu) Italian: begonia (it) f Malay: begonia Plautdietsch: Begonje f Polish: begonia (pl) Portuguese: begônia f (Brazil), begónia f (Portugal) Quechua: achanqaray Romanian: begonie (ro) f Russian: бего́ния (ru) (begónija) Spanish: begonia (es) f Swedish: begonia (sv) c Tagalog: bigonya Turkish: begonya (tr) Ukrainian: бегонія (uk) (behonija) Upper Sorbian: begonija Vietnamese: thu hải đường (vi)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bégonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɣoː.niˌaː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: be‧go‧nia

Noun

begonia m (plural begonia's, diminutive begoniaatje n)

1. begonia

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Finnish

Etymology

From French bégonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɡoniɑ/, [ˈbe̞ɡo̞ˌniɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): be‧go‧ni‧a

Noun

begonia

1. begonia

Declension

Inflection of begonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		begonia	begoniat
genitive		begonian	begonioiden begonioitten
partitive		begoniaa	begonioita
illative		begoniaan	begonioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		begonia	begoniat
accusative	nom.	begonia	begoniat
	gen.	begonian
genitive		begonian	begonioiden begonioitten begoniainrare
partitive		begoniaa	begonioita
inessive		begoniassa	begonioissa
elative		begoniasta	begonioista
illative		begoniaan	begonioihin
adessive		begonialla	begonioilla
ablative		begonialta	begonioilta
allative		begonialle	begonioille
essive		begoniana	begonioina
translative		begoniaksi	begonioiksi
instructive		—	begonioin
abessive		begoniatta	begonioitta
comitative		—	begonioineen

Possessive forms of begonia (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	begoniani	begoniamme
2nd person	begoniasi	begonianne
3rd person	begoniansa

Compounds

• neitobegonia

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Italian

Noun

begonia f (plural begonie)

1. begonia

Anagrams

• biogena

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Noun

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begonier or begoniaer, definite plural begoniene or begoniaene)

1. a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)

References

• “begonia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Noun

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begoniaar or begoniaer, definite plural begoniaane or begoniaene)

1. a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)

References

• “begonia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bégonia, named after French governer of Saint-Domingue Michel Bégon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈɡɔɲ.ja/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲja
• Syllabification: be‧gon‧ia

Noun

begonia f (diminutive begonijka)

1. begonia

Declension

Declension of begonia

	singular	plural
nominative	begonia	begonie
genitive	begonii	begonii/begonij (archaic)
dative	begonii	begoniom
accusative	begonię	begonie
instrumental	begonią	begoniami
locative	begonii	begoniach
vocative	begonio	begonie

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈɡonja/ [beˈɣ̞o.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: be‧go‧nia

Noun

begonia f (plural begonias)

1. begonia

Further reading

• “begonia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

begonia c

1. begonia (flower)

Declension

Declension of begonia
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	begonia	begonian	begonior	begoniorna
Genitive	begonias	begonians	begoniors	begoniornas

Further reading

• begonia in Svensk ordbok.