bougainvillea
See also: Bougainvillea
English
Bougainvillea flowers and bracts.
WOTD – 9 March 2009
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811).
Pronunciation
Noun
bougainvillea (plural bougainvilleas)
- Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.
- 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 129:
- He is outside in his garden, surrounded by bougainvillea bursting with color.
Translations
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Finnish
Etymology
From translingual Bougainvillea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɡɑnʋilːeɑ/, [ˈbuɡɑ̝nˌʋilːe̞ɑ̝]
Declension
| Inflection of bougainvillea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | ||
| genitive | bougainvillean | bougainvilleoiden bougainvilleoitten | ||
| partitive | bougainvilleaa | bougainvilleoita | ||
| illative | bougainvilleaan | bougainvilleoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | ||
| accusative | nom. | bougainvillea | bougainvilleat | |
| gen. | bougainvillean | |||
| genitive | bougainvillean | bougainvilleoiden bougainvilleoitten bougainvilleainrare | ||
| partitive | bougainvilleaa | bougainvilleoita | ||
| inessive | bougainvilleassa | bougainvilleoissa | ||
| elative | bougainvilleasta | bougainvilleoista | ||
| illative | bougainvilleaan | bougainvilleoihin | ||
| adessive | bougainvillealla | bougainvilleoilla | ||
| ablative | bougainvillealta | bougainvilleoilta | ||
| allative | bougainvillealle | bougainvilleoille | ||
| essive | bougainvilleana | bougainvilleoina | ||
| translative | bougainvilleaksi | bougainvilleoiksi | ||
| abessive | bougainvilleatta | bougainvilleoitta | ||
| instructive | — | bougainvilleoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “bougainvillea”, 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
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