petunia

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /pəˈtʲuːnjə/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /pəˈtʃuːnjə/ (US) IPA(key): /pəˈtuːniə/ (US) IPA(key): /pəˈtuːnjə/ Hyphenation: pe‧tu‧ni‧a === Noun === petunia (plural petunias) Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. (slang) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) A homosexual. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === petunia (not comparable) Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Colors === References === === Further reading === Petunia in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia. == Finnish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpetuniɑ/, [ˈpe̞t̪uˌniɑ̝] Rhymes: -iɑ Syllabification(key): pe‧tu‧ni‧a Hyphenation(key): pe‧tu‧nia === Noun === petunia petunia ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “petunia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === taipuen == Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peˈtu.nja/ Rhymes: -unja Hyphenation: pe‧tù‧nia === Noun === petunia f (plural petunie) petunia (flower) === Further reading === petunia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) petunia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication petunia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === puniate == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”). === Noun === petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petunia, definite plural petuniaene) petunia === References === “petunia” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “petunia” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”). === Noun === petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petuniaar, definite plural petuniaene or petuniaane) petunia === References === “petunia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “etydate: WSJP says "1900, NKJP", but no such concordance in PELCRA”) Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛˈtuɲ.ja/ Rhymes: -uɲja Syllabification: pe‧tun‧ia === Noun === petunia f petunia (any plant of the genus Petunia) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “petunia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “petunia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “petunia”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[4], 4. online edition, Warszawa == Romanian == === Noun === petunia definite nominative/accusative singular of petunie == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peˈtunja/ [peˈt̪u.nja] Rhymes: -unja Syllabification: pe‧tu‧nia === Noun === petunia f (plural petunias) petunia === Further reading === “petunia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025