English Explanatory Dictionary

petunia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
  2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
  3. A homosexual.
adj
  1. Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
name
  1. A female given name from English.

Pronunciation

/pəˈtʲuːni.ə/ /pəˈtʲuːnjə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-petunia.wav /pəˈtʃuːnjə/ /pəˈtuːniə/ /pəˈtuːnjə/

Word forms

petunia petunias

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *pe Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm Old Tupi petymabor. French pétun Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. taxonomic name -ia taxonomic name Petunialbor. English petunia Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).

Derived words

hairyflower wild petunia Petunia vein banding virus petunidin

Translations

Bulgarian: петуния Catalan: petúnia Czech: petúnie Czech: petunie Finnish: petunia German: Petunie Greek: πετούνια Hunsrik: Pëtunje Italian: petunia Japanese: ペチュニア Norwegian Bokmål: petunia Norwegian Nynorsk: petunia Polish: petunia Portuguese: petúnia Punjabi: ਪਟੂਨੀਆ Romanian: petunie Russian: пету́ния Spanish: petunia Tagalog: petunya Turkish: petunya
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