"peony" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpiːəni/ Audio: en-us-peony.ogg [US] Forms: peonies [plural]
Etymology: From Old English peonie, peonia et al., from Latin paeōnia; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman peonie, Old French peone, from Latin paeōnia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paeon, the physician of the gods”)/παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|peonie}} Old English peonie, {{m|ang|peonia}} peonia, {{der|en|la|paeōnia}} Latin paeōnia, {{der|en|xno|peonie}} Anglo-Norman peonie, {{der|en|fro|peone}} Old French peone, {{der|en|la|paeōnia}} Latin paeōnia, {{der|en|grc|παιωνία}} Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), {{der|en|grc|Παιών||Paeon, the physician of the gods}} Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paeon, the physician of the gods”), {{m|grc|παιών||a physician}} παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} peony (plural peonies)
  1. A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers. Categories (topical): Reds Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Saxifragales order plants Translations (Paeonia genus of flowering plants): lulegjake [feminine] (Albanian), bozhure [feminine] (Albanian), γλυκυσίδη (glukusídē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ὀρόβαξ (oróbax) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), عُود الصَّلِيب (ʕūd aṣ-ṣalīb) [masculine] (Arabic), فَاوَانِيَا (fāwāniyā) [feminine] (Arabic), ܦܐܘܢܝܐ (alt: *pawōnīyā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), ܦܘܢܝܐ (alt: *pawōnīyā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), ܥܷܣܒܳܐ ܟܳܗܢܳܝܳܐ (ʕesbā kāhnāyā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), ܥܶܩܳܪܳܐ ܟܳܗܢܳܝܳܐ (ʿeqqārā kāhnāyā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), քաջվարդ (kʻaǰvard) (Armenian), պիոն (pion) (Armenian), pion (Azerbaijani), піво́ня (pivónja) [feminine] (Belarusian), божу́р (božúr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), peònia [feminine] (Catalan), цӏен лерг (cʼen lerg) (Chechen), 牡丹 (maau⁵ daan¹; mau⁵ daan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 牡丹 (mǔdān) (Chinese Mandarin), пион (pion) (Chuvash), şaqayıq (Crimean Tatar), pivoňka [feminine] (Czech), pæon (Danish), pioen (Dutch), pioenroos (Dutch), pojeng (Estonian), pioni (Finnish), pivoine [feminine] (French), peonia [feminine] (Galician), იორდასალამი (iordasalami) (Georgian), Pfingstrose [feminine] (German), Päonie [feminine] (German), παιωνία (paionía) [feminine] (Greek), אַדְמוֹנִית [feminine] (Hebrew), bazsarózsa (Hungarian), peonia [feminine] (Italian), 牡丹 (alt: ぼたん botan) (Japanese), ボタン (botan) (Japanese), bùjón (Kashubian), таушымылдық (tauşymyldyq) (Kazakh), шұғынық (şūğynyq) (Kazakh), сәлдегүл (säldegül) (Kazakh), 모란 (moran) (Korean), пион (pion) (Kyrgyz), paeōnia [feminine] (Latin), peonija (Latvian), bijūnas [masculine] (Lithuanian), божур (božur) [masculine] (Macedonian), цээнэ цэцэг (ceene ceceg) (Mongolian), pâsse-rose [feminine] (Norman), piwonia [feminine] (Polish), peonia [feminine] (Polish), peônia [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), peónia [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), bujor [masculine] (Romanian), пио́н (pión) [masculine] (Russian), бо̀жӯр [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bòžūr [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), potonika [feminine] (Slovene), peonía [feminine] (Spanish), pion [common-gender] (Swedish), пион (pion) (Tatar), чалма чәчәк (çalma çäçäk) (Tatar), чалмабаш (çalmabaş) (Tatar), โบตั๋น (boo-dtǎn) (Thai), şakayık (Turkish), піво́нія (pivónija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sallagul (Uzbek), mẫu đơn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-peony-en-noun-f8pHhm0W Disambiguation of Reds: 63 37 Disambiguation of Flowers: 96 4 Disambiguation of Saxifragales order plants: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'Paeonia genus of flowering plants': 100 0
  2. A dark red colour.
    Sense id: en-peony-en-noun-vNwFNFoQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paeony, pioney, piony [obsolete]

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      "word": "牡丹"
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      "word": "ボタン"
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      "word": "모란"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peônia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peónia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bujor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pión",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пио́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бо̀жӯр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bòžūr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potonika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peonía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pion"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "pion",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "word": "пион"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "çalma çäçäk",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "word": "чалма чәчәк"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "çalmabaş",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "word": "чалмабаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "boo-dtǎn",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "word": "โบตั๋น"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "word": "şakayık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pivónija",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "піво́нія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "word": "sallagul"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Paeonia genus of flowering plants",
      "word": "mẫu đơn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "peony"
  ],
  "word": "peony"
}

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