petunia

From New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /pəˈtʲuːnjə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /pəˈtʃuːnjə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈtuːniə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈtuːnjə/

petunia (plural petunias)

1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
   • 2002, Larry Hodgson, Annuals for Every Purpose, page 57:

     Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems.

   • 2003, Norman Winter, Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South, page 39:

     The small purple petunias are produced in profusion and without ceasing during the entire season.

   • 2013, Jan Riggenbach, Your Midwest Garden: An Owner's Manual, page 18:

     Closely related calibrachoas, often called miniature petunias, offer dainty petunia-like blossoms that are perfect for planting in pots.
     No matter what type of petunias you choose, they all prefer plenty of sun.

2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

   petunia:  

3. (slang) a homosexual

• hairyflower wild petunia (Ruellia ciliatiflora).
• Petunia vein banding virus

petunia (not comparable)

1. Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

• Appendix:Colors

• Petunia in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpetuniɑ/, [ˈpe̞t̪uˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧tu‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧tu‧nia

petunia

1. petunia

• “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

• taipuen

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

petunia f (plural petunie)

1. petunia (flower)

• puniate

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.

petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petunia, definite plural petuniaene)

1. petunia

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

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.

petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petuniaar, definite plural petuniaene or petuniaane)

1. petunia

• “petunia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Internationalism; compare English petunia, French pétunia, German Petunie, ultimately from New Latin Petunia, from French pétun, from Portuguese petum, from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈtuɲ.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uɲja
• Syllabification: pe‧tun‧ia

petunia f

1. petunia (any plant of the genus Petunia)

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

• IPA^(key): /peˈtunja/ [peˈt̪u.nja]
• Rhymes: -unja
• Syllabification: pe‧tu‧nia

petunia f (plural petunias)

1. petunia

• “petunia”, 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