"begonia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈɡoʊni.ə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-begonia.wav [Southern-England] Forms: begonias [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊniə Etymology: Borrowed from French bégonia, named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bégonia}} French bégonia Head templates: {{en-noun}} begonia (plural begonias)
  1. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia. Wikipedia link: Michel Bégon, Saint-Domingue, begonia Categories (lifeform): Cucurbitales order plants, Flowers Derived forms: New Zealand begonia, star begonia, strawberry begonia Translations (plants of the genus Begonia): begônia [feminine] (Brazilian Portuguese), begònia [feminine] (Catalan), begonie [feminine] (Czech), begónie [feminine] (Czech), begonia [feminine] (Dutch), begonio (Esperanto), begoonia (Estonian), begónia [feminine] (European Portuguese), begonia (Finnish), bégonia [masculine] (French), begonia [feminine] (Galician), Begonie [feminine] (German), μπιγκόνια (bigkónia) [feminine] (Greek), begonya (Haitian Creole), begónia (Hungarian), begonia [feminine] (Italian), begonia (Malay), Begonje [feminine] (Plautdietsch), begonia (Polish), achanqaray (Quechua), begonie [feminine] (Romanian), бего́ния (begónija) (Russian), begonia [feminine] (Spanish), begonia [common-gender] (Swedish), bigonya (Tagalog), begonya (Turkish), бегонія (behonija) (Ukrainian), begonija (Upper Sorbian), thu hải đường (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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