Meanings
azalea1
plural azaleas
- A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.
Rhododendrons and azaleas are plants of temperate regions, the grandest lilies are from temperate Japan, and a large proportion of our most showy flowering plants are natives of the Himalayas, of the Cape, of the United States, of Chili, or of China and Japan, all temperate regions.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 298
Azalea2
- A female given name.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
- Ancient Greekἀζαλέος“dry”
- translingualAzalea
- Englishazalea
Borrowed from translingual Azalea, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “to dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.
More words from translingual, Ancient Greek, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian аза́лия
- аза́лия (azálija)plant — see also rhododendron
Catalan azalea
- azaleaplant — see also rhododendron
Chinese Mandarin 杜鵑花 /杜鹃花
- 杜鵑花 /杜鹃花 (dùjuānhuā)plant — see also rhododendron
Czech azalka
- azalkaplant — see also rhododendron
Danish azalea
- azaleaplant — see also rhododendron
Dutch azalea
- azaleaplant — see also rhododendron
Esperanto azaleo
- azaleoplant — see also rhododendron
Finnish atsalea
- atsaleaplant — see also rhododendron
French azalée
- azaléeplant — see also rhododendron
German Azalee
- Azaleeplant — see also rhododendron
Greek αζαλέα
- αζαλέα (azaléa)plant — see also rhododendron
Hungarian azálea
- azáleaplant — see also rhododendron
Indonesian saliyah
- saliyahplant — see also rhododendron
Irish asáilia
- asáiliaplant — see also rhododendron
Italian azalea
- azaleaplant — see also rhododendron
Japanese 躑躅, つつじ
- 躑躅 (tsutsuji)plant — see also rhododendron
- つつじ (tsutsuji)plant — see also rhododendron
Korean 진달래
- 진달래 (jindallae)plant — see also rhododendron
Latin azalea
- azaleaplant — see also rhododendron
Malay azalea
- azaleaplant — see also rhododendron
Norwegian Bokmål asalea
- asaleaplant — see also rhododendron
Polish azalia
- azaliaplant — see also rhododendron
Portuguese azaleia
- azaleiaplant — see also rhododendron
Romanian azalee
- azaleeplant — see also rhododendron
Russian аза́лия
- аза́лия (azálija)plant — see also rhododendron
Spanish azalea, azálea
- azaleaplant — see also rhododendron
- azáleaplant — see also rhododendron
Tagalog asalea
- asaleaplant — see also rhododendron
Turkish açelya
- açelyaplant — see also rhododendron
Ukrainian аза́лія
- аза́лія (azálija)plant — see also rhododendron
Welsh asalea
- asaleaplant — see also rhododendron
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with azalea
Cite this entry
azalea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azalea
“azalea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azalea. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “azalea,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azalea.
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