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ikebana

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɑːnə

1

noun

Meaning 1

The Japanese art of flower arrangement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An arrangement of flowers according to this art.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Japanese 生け花 (ikebana, literally “living flowers”).

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِيكِيبَانَا (ʔikibānā) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Armenian: իկեբանա (ikebana) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Belarusian: ікеба́на (ikjebána) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Bulgarian: икеба́на (ikebána) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 插花 (chāhuā) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花道 (huādào) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Czech: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Finnish: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • French: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Georgian: იკებანა (iḳebana) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • German: Ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Greek: ικεμπάνα (ikempána) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Hebrew: אִיקֶבָנַה (ikebana) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Hungarian: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Indonesian: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Italian: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Japanese: 生け花 (ikebana) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Japanese: 生花 — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Japanese: 花道 (kadō) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Japanese: 華道 (kadō) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Japanese: フラワーアレンジメント (furawā arenjimento) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Korean: 꽃꽂이 (kkotkkoji) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Korean: 이케바나 (ikebana) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Latvian: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Macedonian: икеба́на (ikebána) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Malay: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Mongolian: икэбана (ikebana) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Polish: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Portuguese: iquebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Russian: икеба́на (ikebána) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Russian: икэба́на (ikɛbána) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Serbo-Croatian: ikebàna — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Serbo-Croatian: икеба̀на — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Slovak: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Slovene: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Spanish: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Turkish: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Ukrainian: ікеба́на (ikebána) — Japanese art of flower arrangement
  • Vietnamese: ikebana — Japanese art of flower arrangement