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begonia

noun · 2 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /bəˈɡoʊni.ə/
  • General-American: [bəˈɡoʊn.jə]
  • rhymes with -əʊniə
  • CMU ARPABET: B IH0 G OW1 N Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.

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

any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower

Narrower terms: fibrous-rooted begonia, tuberous begonia, rhizomatous begonia, Christmas begonia, blooming-fool begonia, Begonia cheimantha, angel-wing begonia, Begonia cocchinea, grape-leaf begonia, maple-leaf begonia, Begonia dregei, beefsteak begonia, kidney begonia, Begonia erythrophylla, Begonia feastii, star begonia, star-leaf begonia, Begonia heracleifolia, rex begonia, king begonia, painted-leaf begonia, beefsteak geranium, Begonia rex, wax begonia, Begonia semperflorens, Socotra begonia, Begonia socotrana

History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Begonia (genus of plants), named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِغُونِيَّة (biḡūniyya) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Armenian: բեգոնիա (begonia) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Asturian: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Azerbaijani: beqoniya — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Basque: andere-belarra — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Belarusian: бяго́нія (bjahónija) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Bulgarian: бегония (begonija) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Burmese: ကြွေပန်း (krwepan:) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Catalan: begònia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Chinese Cantonese: 秋海棠 (cau1 hoi2 tong4) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 秋海棠 (qiūhǎitáng) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Min Nan Chinese: 秋海棠 (chhiu-hái-tông) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Chuvash: бегония (begonija) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Czech: begonie — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Czech: begónie — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Dutch: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Esperanto: begonio — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Estonian: begoonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Finnish: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • French: bégonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • North Frisian: begoonie — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Galician: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Georgian: ბეგონია (begonia) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • German: Begonie — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Greek: βεγόνια (vegónia) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Haitian Creole: begonya — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Hindi: बीगोनिया (bīgoniyā) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Hungarian: begónia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Ido: begonio — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Irish: beagóinia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Italian: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Kashubian: begonijô — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Kazakh: бегония (begoniä) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Korean: 베고니아 (begonia) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Malay: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Malayalam: ബിഗോനിയ (bigōniya) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Norwegian: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Occitan: begònia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Plautdietsch: Begonje — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Polish: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Brazilian Portuguese: begônia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • European Portuguese: begónia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Quechua: achanqaray — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Romanian: begonie — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Russian: бего́ния (begónija) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Scots: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: begonija — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Upper Sorbian: begonija — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Spanish: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Swedish: begonia — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Tagalog: bigonya — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Turkish: begonya — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Ukrainian: бегонія (behonija) — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Vietnamese: thu hải đường — plants of the genus Begonia
  • Volapük: begun — plants of the genus Begonia