# geranium
## English
### Etymology

From Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον (gerắnĭon), from γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʒəˈɹeɪni.əm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪniəm

### Noun

geranium (plural geraniums or gerania)
* Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium of cranesbills, of family Geraniaceae.
* The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium.
* A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.
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#### Synonyms

* (Geranium): cranesbill
* (Pelargonium): pelargonium

#### Derived terms

* apple geranium (Pelargonium odoratissimum)
* coconut geranium (Pelargonium grossularioides)
* geranium bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)
* geraniumlike
* geranium oil
* horseshoe geranium (Pelargonium × hortorum)
* Indian geranium
* ivy geranium
* lemon geranium (Pelargonium crispum)
* Martha Washington geranium (Pelargonium × domesticum)
* mint geranium
* nutmeg geranium (Pelargonium × fragrans)
* peppermint geranium (Pelargonium tomentosum)
* regal geranium (Pelargonium × domesticum)
* rock geranium (Heuchera spp.)
* rose geranium (Pelargonium spp.)
* strawberry geranium (Saxifraga stolonifera)
* wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
* zonal geranium (Pelargonium × hortorum)

#### Related terms

* geraniol

#### See also

* alfilaria
* storksbill
* geranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Pelargonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Geranium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Pelargonium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Adjective

geranium (comparative more geranium, superlative most geranium)
* Of a bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium.

#### See also

* blood red
* brick red
* burgundy
* cardinal
* carmine
* carnation
* cerise
* cherry
* cherry red
* Chinese red
* cinnabar
* claret
* crimson
* damask
* fire brick
* fire engine red
* flame
* flamingo
* fuchsia
* garnet
* geranium
* gules
* hot pink
* incarnadine
* Indian red
* magenta
* maroon
* misty rose
* nacarat
* oxblood
* pillar-box red
* pink
* Pompeian red
* poppy
* raspberry
* red violet
* rose
* rouge
* ruby
* ruddy
* salmon
* sanguine
* scarlet
* shocking pink
* stammel
* strawberry
* Turkey red
* Venetian red
* vermilion
* vinaceous
* vinous
* violet red
* wine

## Danish
### Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).

### Noun

geranium c (definite singular geranien, indefinite plural geranier, definite plural geranierne)
* a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
* a pelargonium (popular name)

#### Synonyms

* storkenæb

#### Related terms

* pelargonie

### References

* “geranium” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”); more at ooievaarsbek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣəˈraː.ni.ʏm/
* Hyphenation: ge‧ra‧ni‧um

### Noun

geranium f (plural geraniums, diminutive geraniumpje n)
* a geranium, plant of the genus Geranium
    Synonym: ooievaarsbek
* (informal) a pelargonium

#### Derived terms

* achter de geraniums zitten
* geraniumblauwtje

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ɡeˈra.ni.um/, [ɡɛˈräniʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /d͡ʒeˈra.ni.um/, [d͡ʒeˈräːnium]

### Noun

geranium n (genitive geraniī or geranī); second declension
* Latinized spelling of geranion
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

#### Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).
$^1$Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

#### Descendants

* → English: geranium
* → Translingual: Geranium

### References

* “geranion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).

### Noun

geranium m (definite singular geranien or geraniumen, indefinite plural geranier, definite plural geraniene)
* a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
* a pelargonium (popular name)

#### Synonyms

* storkenebb

#### Related terms

* pelargonia

### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos).

### Noun

geranium m (definite singular geraniumen, indefinite plural geraniumar, definite plural geraniumane)
* a geranium, plant of genus Geranium
* a pelargonium (popular name)

#### Synonyms

* storkenebb

#### Related terms

* pelargonia

### References

* “geranium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* gerania (less common)
* hirejanijo (Near Masovian)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɛˈraɲ.jum/
* Rhymes: -aɲjum
* Syllabification: ge‧ran‧ium

### Noun

geranium n (related adjective geraniowy)
* geranium, cranesbill (any flowering plant of the genus Geranium)
    Synonyms: bodziszek, gerania
* a popular name of some species of pelargonium

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French géranium.

### Noun

geranium n (uncountable)
* geranium