name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/əˈzeɪliə/
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rhymes with -eɪliə
CMU ARPABET:AH0 Z EY1 L Y AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rhododendron
History
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Azalea, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “to dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2eHs-.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
azalé
— plant — see also rhododendron
Armenian:
լեռնավարդ
(leṙnavard)
— plant — see also rhododendron
Bulgarian:
аза́лия
(azálija)
— plant — see also rhododendron
Catalan:
azalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Chinese Mandarin:
杜鵑花 /杜鹃花
(dùjuānhuā)
— plant — see also rhododendron
Czech:
azalka
— plant — see also rhododendron
Danish:
azalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Dutch:
azalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Esperanto:
azaleo
— plant — see also rhododendron
Faroese:
asalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Finnish:
atsalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
French:
azalée
— plant — see also rhododendron
Georgian:
დეკა
(deḳa)
— plant — see also rhododendron
German:
Azalee
— plant — see also rhododendron
Greek:
αζαλέα
(azaléa)
— plant — see also rhododendron
Hungarian:
azálea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Hunsrik:
Asilee
— plant — see also rhododendron
Ido:
azaleo
— plant — see also rhododendron
Indonesian:
saliyah
— plant — see also rhododendron
Irish:
asáilia
— plant — see also rhododendron
Italian:
azalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Japanese:
躑躅
(tsutsuji)
— plant — see also rhododendron
Japanese:
つつじ
(tsutsuji)
— plant — see also rhododendron
Korean:
진달래
(jindallae)
— plant — see also rhododendron
Latin:
azalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Malay:
azalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Norwegian Bokmål:
asalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Norwegian Nynorsk:
asalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Polish:
azalia
— plant — see also rhododendron
Portuguese:
azaleia
— plant — see also rhododendron
Romanian:
azalee
— plant — see also rhododendron
Russian:
аза́лия
(azálija)
— plant — see also rhododendron
Spanish:
azalea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Spanish:
azálea
— plant — see also rhododendron
Tagalog:
asaleya
— plant — see also rhododendron
Turkish:
açelya
— plant — see also rhododendron
Ukrainian:
аза́лія
(azálija)
— plant — see also rhododendron