azalea

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “I dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

• IPA^(key): /əˈzeɪliə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪliə

azalea (plural azaleas)

1. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.

• azalea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Borrowed from New Latin.

• IPA^(key): /aːˈzaː.leː.aː/, /aːˈzaː.li.aː/

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• Hyphenation: aza‧lea

azalea f or m (plural azalea's, diminutive azaleaatje n)

1. azalea (plant of the obsolete genus Azalea)

• IPA^(key): /azaˈlea/
• Rhymes: -ea
• Hyphenation: a‧za‧le‧a

azalea (accusative singular azalean, plural azaleaj, accusative plural azaleajn)

1. of or relating to an azalea

• azaleo (“azalea”)

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”).

azalea f (plural azalee)

1. azalea

From Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”).

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ad̪ˈd̪͡z̪aː.le.a]

azalea f (genitive azaleae); first declension

1. (New Latin) azalea

First-declension noun.

• → English: azalea
• → German: Azalee

• azálea (Mexico)

Borrowed from New Latin Azalea, a genus name, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because the plant grows in dry soil.

• IPA^(key): /aθaˈlea/ [a.θaˈle.a] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asaˈlea/ [a.saˈle.a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: a‧za‧le‧a

azalea f (plural azaleas)

1. azalea

• “azalea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024