Standard Lemma guide

azalea

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/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

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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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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

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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
  • Welsh: asalea — plant — see also rhododendron