geranium

From Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (gerắnĭon), from γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈɹeɪni.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniəm

geranium (plural geraniums or gerania)

2. (strictly) Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, of family Geraniaceae.

   Synonyms: cranesbill, true geranium, hardy geranium

4. (loosely) Any flowering plant of the genus Pelargonium, of family Geraniaceae.

   Synonym: pelargonium

5. A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .

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See pelargonium.

• geraniol

• alfilaria
• storksbill
• geranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pelargonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Geranium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pelargonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)

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

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

geranium c (definite singular geranien, indefinite plural geranier, definite plural geranierne)

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

• storkenæb

• pelargonie

• “geranium” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

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

geranium f (plural geraniums, diminutive geraniumpje n)

1. a geranium, plant of the genus Geranium

   Synonym: ooievaarsbek

2. (informal) a pelargonium

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛˈra.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒeˈraː.ni.um]

geranium n (genitive geraniī or geranī); second declension

1. Latinized spelling of geranion

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

• → English: geranium
• → Translingual: Geranium

• “geranion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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

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)

• storkenebb

• pelargonia

• “geranium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “geranium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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

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

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

• storkenebb

• pelargonia

• “geranium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• gerania (less common)
• hirejanijo (Near Masovian)

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

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

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

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

Borrowed from French géranium.

geranium n (uncountable)

1. geranium