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geranium

See also: Geranium and géranium

English

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Geranium sanguineum

Etymology

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From Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (geránion), from γέρᾰνος (géranos, “crane”) ‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

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Noun

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geranium (plural geraniums or gerania)

  1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium of 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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Adjective

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geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)

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

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈraː.ni.ʏm/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ra‧ni‧um

Noun

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geranium f (plural geraniums, diminutive geraniumpje n)

  1. a geranium, plant of the genus Geranium
    Synonym: ooievaarsbek
  2. (informal) a pelargonium

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Latin

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geranium n (genitive geraniī or geranī); second declension

  1. Latinized spelling of geranion
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative geranium gerania
genitive geraniī
geranī1 		geraniōrum
dative geraniō geraniīs
accusative geranium gerania
ablative geraniō geraniīs
vocative geranium gerania

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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  • → English: geranium
  • → Translingual: Geranium

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

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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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

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geranium m (definite singular geraniumen, indefinite plural geraniumar, definite plural geraniumane)

  1. a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
  2. a pelargonium (popular name)

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Polish

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geranium

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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geranium n (related adjective geraniowy)

  1. geranium, cranesbill (any flowering plant of the genus Geranium)
    Synonyms: bodziszek, gerania
  2. a popular name of some species of pelargonium

Declension

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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

Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French géranium.

Noun

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geranium n (uncountable)

  1. geranium

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative geranium geraniumul
genitive-dative geranium geraniumului
vocative geraniumule
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