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flowerpot

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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  • General-American: /ˈflaʊɚˌpɑt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊəˌpɒt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F L AW1 ER0 P AA2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

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 pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a container in which plants are cultivated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: container

Narrower terms: planter

History

Etymology

From flower + pot.

Across languages

Translations

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: saksi — container in which plants are grown
  • Albanian: vazo — container in which plants are grown
  • Arabic: أَصِيص الزُّهُور (ʔaṣīṣ az-zuhūr) — container in which plants are grown
  • Arabic: أَصِيص (ʔaṣīṣ) — container in which plants are grown
  • Aramaic: אֲצִיצָא (ʾăṣīṣā) — container in which plants are grown
  • Armenian: ծաղկաման (caġkaman) — container in which plants are grown
  • Aromanian: săcsie — container in which plants are grown
  • Azerbaijani: dibçək — container in which plants are grown
  • Azerbaijani: güldan — container in which plants are grown
  • Belarusian: гаршчо́к (harščók) — container in which plants are grown
  • Belarusian: кве́ткавы гаршчо́к (kvjétkavy harščók) — container in which plants are grown
  • Bulgarian: сакси́я (saksíja) — container in which plants are grown
  • Burmese: ပန်းအိုး (pan:ui:) — container in which plants are grown
  • Catalan: vas de flors — container in which plants are grown
  • Catalan: pot — container in which plants are grown
  • Catalan: torreta — container in which plants are grown
  • Catalan: test — container in which plants are grown
  • Chinese Cantonese: 花盆 (faa1 pun4) — container in which plants are grown
  • Chinese: 花盆 (zh-min-nan) — container in which plants are grown
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花盆 (huāpén) — container in which plants are grown
  • Wu Chinese: 花盆 (1ho-ben6) — container in which plants are grown
  • Czech: květináč — container in which plants are grown
  • Czech: kořenáč — container in which plants are grown
  • Danish: urtepotte — container in which plants are grown
  • Dutch: bloempot — container in which plants are grown
  • Esperanto: florpoto — container in which plants are grown
  • Estonian: lillepott — container in which plants are grown
  • Faroese: urtapottur — container in which plants are grown
  • Finnish: kukkaruukku — container in which plants are grown
  • French: pot de fleur — container in which plants are grown
  • Galician: testo — container in which plants are grown
  • Georgian: საყვავილე (saq̇vavile) — container in which plants are grown
  • Georgian: ყვავილის ქოთანი (q̇vavilis kotani) — container in which plants are grown
  • German: Blumentopf — container in which plants are grown
  • Greek: γλάστρα (glástra) — container in which plants are grown
  • Hebrew: עָצִיץ (atsíts) — container in which plants are grown
  • Hindi: गमला (gamlā) — container in which plants are grown
  • Hindi: गुलदान (guldān) — container in which plants are grown
  • Hungarian: virágcserép — container in which plants are grown
  • Icelandic: blómapottur — container in which plants are grown
  • Indonesian: pot bunga — container in which plants are grown
  • Irish: próca bláthanna — container in which plants are grown
  • Italian: vaso da fiori — container in which plants are grown
  • Italian: grasta — container in which plants are grown
  • Japanese: 植木鉢 (uekibachi) — container in which plants are grown
  • Japanese: 鉢 (hachi) — container in which plants are grown
  • Kazakh: құмыра (qūmyra) — container in which plants are grown
  • Kazakh: қыш құмыра (qyş qūmyra) — container in which plants are grown
  • Khmer: ផើងផ្កា (phaəng phkaa) — container in which plants are grown
  • Korean: 화분 (hwabun) — container in which plants are grown
  • Kyrgyz: кумура (kumura) — container in which plants are grown
  • Kyrgyz: карапа (karapa) — container in which plants are grown
  • Lao: ກະຖັງດອກໄມ້ (ka thang dǭk mai) — container in which plants are grown
  • Lao: ໂຖດອກໄມ້ (thō dǭk mai) — container in which plants are grown
  • Latin: tēsta — container in which plants are grown
  • Latvian: puķpods — container in which plants are grown
  • Lithuanian: gėliapuodis — container in which plants are grown
  • Macedonian: саксија (saksija) — container in which plants are grown
  • Malay: pasu bunga — container in which plants are grown
  • Malayalam: ചെടിച്ചട്ടി (ceṭiccaṭṭi) — container in which plants are grown
  • Mirandese: caco — container in which plants are grown
  • Mongolian: цэцгийн сав (cecgiin sav) — container in which plants are grown
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tāupūo lāk — container in which plants are grown
  • Navajo: chʼil bee sikání — container in which plants are grown
  • Navajo: chʼil bee naazkání — container in which plants are grown
  • Norman: pot à flieurs — container in which plants are grown
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blomsterpotte — container in which plants are grown
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blomepotte — container in which plants are grown
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blomsterpotte — container in which plants are grown
  • Iranian Persian: گُلْدان (goldân) — container in which plants are grown
  • Polish: donica — container in which plants are grown
  • Polish: doniczka — container in which plants are grown
  • Portuguese: vaso de flores — container in which plants are grown
  • Romanian: ghiveci — container in which plants are grown
  • Romanian: vas de flori — container in which plants are grown
  • Romanian: sacsie — container in which plants are grown
  • Russian: горшо́к (goršók) — container in which plants are grown
  • Russian: цвето́чный горшо́к (cvetóčnyj goršók) — container in which plants are grown
  • Serbo-Croatian: цве̏ћња̄к — container in which plants are grown
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвје̏ћња̄к — container in which plants are grown
  • Serbo-Croatian: са̀ксија — container in which plants are grown
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvȅćnjāk — container in which plants are grown
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvjȅćnjāk — container in which plants are grown
  • Serbo-Croatian: sàksija — container in which plants are grown
  • Serbo-Croatian: tegla (za cvijeće) — container in which plants are grown
  • Slovak: kvetináč — container in which plants are grown
  • Slovene: (cvetlični) lonec — container in which plants are grown
  • Spanish: maceta — container in which plants are grown
  • Spanish: matero — container in which plants are grown
  • Spanish: plantera — container in which plants are grown
  • Spanish: potera — container in which plants are grown
  • Spanish: tiesto — container in which plants are grown
  • Spanish: macetera — container in which plants are grown
  • Swedish: blomkruka — container in which plants are grown
  • Swedish: blomsterkruka — container in which plants are grown
  • Tagalog: yanga — container in which plants are grown
  • Tagalog: paso — container in which plants are grown
  • Tajik: гулдон (guldon) — container in which plants are grown
  • Tamil: பூந்தொட்டி (pūntoṭṭi) — container in which plants are grown
  • Telugu: పూల కుండ (pūla kuṇḍa) — container in which plants are grown
  • Telugu: పూలకుండి (pūlakuṇḍi) — container in which plants are grown
  • Thai: กระถางดอกไม้ (grà-tǎang-dɔ̀ɔk-máai) — container in which plants are grown
  • Thai: กระถางต้นไม้ (grà-tǎang-dtôn-máai) — container in which plants are grown
  • Turkish: saksı — container in which plants are grown
  • Ottoman Turkish: ساقسی (saksı) — container in which plants are grown
  • Ottoman Turkish: چیچكلك (çiçeklik) — container in which plants are grown
  • Ukrainian: го́рщик (hórščyk) — container in which plants are grown
  • Ukrainian: горщо́к (horščók) — container in which plants are grown
  • Ukrainian: горне́ць (hornécʹ) — container in which plants are grown
  • Ukrainian: квітко́вий го́рщик (kvitkóvyj hórščyk) — container in which plants are grown
  • Ukrainian: квітко́вий горщо́к (kvitkóvyj horščók) — container in which plants are grown
  • Ukrainian: вазо́н (vazón) — container in which plants are grown
  • Urdu: گَمْلا (gamlā) — container in which plants are grown
  • Urdu: گُلْدان (guldān) — container in which plants are grown
  • Uyghur: تەشتەك (teshtek) — container in which plants are grown
  • Uzbek: guldon — container in which plants are grown
  • Uzbek: gul tuvak — container in which plants are grown
  • Vietnamese: chậu — container in which plants are grown
  • Vietnamese: chậu hoa — container in which plants are grown
  • Yiddish: בלומענטאָפּ (blumentop) — container in which plants are grown