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forsythia

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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  • UK: [fɔːˈsajθijə]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: [fɔɹˈsɪθijə]
  • CMU ARPABET: F AO0 R S IH1 TH IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F AO0 R S IH1 DH IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

History

Etymology

From New Latin, named in honor of Scottish horticulturist William Forsyth, who brought the shrub over from China. Forsyth's own name is from Irish Fearsithe, meaning "man of peace."

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: boshtër — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Albanian: shtogër — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Albanian: fyshtër — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Arabic: فُرْسَيْتِيَا (fursaytiyā) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Arabic: فُرْسِيتِيَا (fursītiyā) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Arabic: فُرْسِيتِيَة (fursītiya) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Bulgarian: форзиция (forzicija) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Bulgarian: златни звънчета (zlatni zvǎnčeta) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Chinese: 連翹 /连翘 — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Czech: zlatice — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Finnish: onnenpensas — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • German: Forsythie — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Interlingua: forsythia — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Japanese: レンギョウ (rengyō) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Japanese: 連翹 — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Korean: 개나리 (gaenari) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Lithuanian: forsitija — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Lithuanian: forzitija — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Persian: یاس زرد (yâs zard) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Polish: forsycja — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Romanian: forsiția — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Russian: форзи́ция (forzícija) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Spanish: forsitia — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Swedish: forsythia — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Ukrainian: форзи́ція (forzýcija) — shrub of genus Forsythia
  • Vietnamese: liên kiều — shrub of genus Forsythia