# petunia
## English
### Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/
* (Standard Southern British) IPA: /pəˈtʲuːnjə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /pəˈtʃuːnjə/
* (US) IPA: /pəˈtuːniə/
* (US) IPA: /pəˈtuːnjə/

### Noun

petunia (plural petunias)
* Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
** 2002, Larry Hodgson, Annuals for Every Purpose, page 57:Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems.
** 2003, Norman Winter, Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South, page 39:The small purple petunias are produced in profusion and without ceasing during the entire season.
** 2013, Jan Riggenbach, Your Midwest Garden: An Owner's Manual, page 18:Closely related calibrachoas, often called miniature petunias, offer dainty petunia-like blossoms that are perfect for planting in pots. No matter what type of petunias you choose, they all prefer plenty of sun.
* A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
    petunia:
* (slang) a homosexual

#### Derived terms

* hairyflower wild petunia (Ruellia ciliatiflora).
* Petunia vein banding virus

#### Translations
### Adjective

petunia (not comparable)
* Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

#### See also

* Appendix:Colors

### References

* Petunia in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “petunia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpetuniɑ/, [ˈpe̞t̪uˌniɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Syllabification: pe‧tu‧ni‧a

### Noun

petunia
* petunia

#### Declension

Possessive forms of petunia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :

### Further reading

* “petunia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* taipuen

## Italian
### Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

### Noun

petunia f (plural petunie)
* petunia (flower)

### Anagrams

* puniate

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.

### Noun

petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petunia, definite plural petuniaene)
* petunia

### References

* “petunia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “petunia” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.

### Noun

petunia m (definite singular petuniaen, indefinite plural petuniaer or petuniaar, definite plural petuniaene or petuniaane)
* petunia

### References

* “petunia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English petunia, French pétunia, German Petunie, ultimately from New Latin Petunia, from French pétun, from Portuguese petum, from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛˈtuɲ.ja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uɲja
* Syllabification: pe‧tun‧ia

### Noun

petunia f
* petunia (any plant of the genus Petunia)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* petunia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* petunia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈtunja/ [peˈt̪u.nja]
* Rhymes: -unja
* Syllabification: pe‧tu‧nia

### Noun

petunia f (plural petunias)
* petunia

### Further reading

* “petunia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014