English Explanatory Dictionary

geranium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, of family Geraniaceae.
  2. Any flowering plant of the genus Pelargonium, of family Geraniaceae.
  3. A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .
adj
  1. Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans).

Pronunciation

/dʒəˈɹeɪni.əm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-geranium.wav

Word forms

geranium geraniums gerania more geranium most geranium

Etymology

From Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (gerắnĭon), from γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Synonyms

cranesbill true geranium hardy geranium pelargonium

Related words

geraniol alfilaria storksbill Geranium Pelargonium

Derived words

apple geranium Carolina geranium coconut geranium geranium bronze geraniumlike geranium oil horseshoe geranium Indian geranium ivy geranium lemon geranium Martha Washington geranium mint geranium nutmeg geranium peppermint geranium regal geranium rock geranium rose geranium scarlet geranium strawberry geranium wild geranium zonal geranium

Translations

Arabic: غُرْنُوق Arabic: جِيرَانِيُوم Bulgarian: здравец Catalan: gerani Chinese Mandarin: 老鸛草 /老鹳草 Czech: kakost Danish: storkenæb Danish: geranium Finnish: kurjenpolvi Finnish: oranssinpunainen French: géranium Galician: xeranio Georgian: ნემსიწვერა German: Storchschnabel German: Geranie Greek: γεράνιον Greek: γεράνι Ancient Greek: γεράνιον Hungarian: gólyaorr Irish: crobh fola Irish: geiréiniam Italian: geranio perenne Italian: geranio Japanese: ゼラニウム Norman: djérainium Norwegian Bokmål: geranium Norwegian Bokmål: storkenebb Norwegian Nynorsk: geranium Norwegian Nynorsk: storkenebb Plautdietsch: Ommeraunje Polish: bodziszek Polish: geranium Portuguese: gerânio Romanian: geraniu Russian: гера́нь Serbo-Croatian: zdravnjak Spanish: geranio Tagalog: heranyo Turkish: sardunya Volapük: gerum Welsh: pig yr aran Welsh: troedrudd
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