bonsai

From Japanese 盆栽 (bonsai), from Middle Chinese 盆 (MC bwon, “bowl”) + 栽 (MC tsoj|dzojH, “to plant”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑnsaɪ/, /ˈbɑnzaɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒnsaɪ/

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bonsai (countable and uncountable, plural bonsai or bonsais)

1. (countable) A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
2. (uncountable) The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner.

bonsai (third-person singular simple present bonsais, present participle bonsaiing, simple past and past participle bonsaied)

1. (transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.
   • 2001, Dennis Parks, Living in the Country Growing Weird, page 50:

     Could I be a father who was, so to speak, bonsaiing his children, trimming urban roots, and then twisting the emerging branches?

bonsai

1. Misspelling of banzai.

• Bosnia, basion, sabino

Borrowed from Japanese 盆栽.

bonsai

1. (countable) bonsai tree
2. (uncountable) art of bonsai

• (tree): bonsaitræ

From Japanese 盆栽 (bonsai).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbonsɑi̯/, [ˈbo̞ns̠ɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -onsɑi
• Syllabification^(key): bon‧sai

bonsai

1. bonsai

• “bonsai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From Japanese 盆栽(ぼんさい) (bonsai), from Middle Chinese 盆 (MC bwon, “bowl”) + 栽 (MC tsoj|dzojH, “to plant”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔnsai̯]
• Hyphenation: bon‧sai

bonsai (first-person possessive bonsaiku, second-person possessive bonsaimu, third-person possessive bonsainya)

1. bonsai:
   1. A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
   2. The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner.

• bongsai

• “bonsai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bonsai

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼんさい

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 盆栽 (bonsai).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔn.saj/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnsaj
• Syllabification: bon‧sai

bonsai n (indeclinable)

1. bonsai

• bonsai in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Japanese 盆栽 (ぼんさい, bonsai).

• Hyphenation: bon‧sai

bonsai m (plural bonsais)

1. bonsai (a miniaturised tree or plant)
2. (uncountable) bonsai (the art of growing miniaturised trees or plants)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbonsai/ [ˈbõn.sai̯]
• Rhymes: -onsai
• Syllabification: bon‧sai

bonsai m (plural bonsais)

1. bonsai