begonia

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UK/bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/US/bəˈɡoʊni.ə/US[bəˈɡoʊn.jə]

noun

Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.

OriginFrench Bégon ← Middle French Bégon ← Old French Bégon →
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Meanings

nounbegonia (plural begonias)

plural begonias

  1. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.

Origin

  1. LatinBego
  2. Old FrenchBégon
  3. Middle FrenchBégon
  4. FrenchBégon
  5. Englishbegonia

Borrowed from translingual Begonia (genus of plants), named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

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Translations

Arabic بِغُونِيَّة
  • بِغُونِيَّة (biḡūniyya)plants of the genus Begonia
Basque andere-belarra
  • andere-belarraplants of the genus Begonia
Brazilian Portuguese begônia
  • begôniaplants of the genus Begonia
Bulgarian бегония
  • бегония (begonija)plants of the genus Begonia
Catalan begònia
  • begòniaplants of the genus Begonia
Chinese Cantonese 秋海棠
  • 秋海棠 (cau¹ hoi² tong⁴)plants of the genus Begonia
Chinese Mandarin 秋海棠
  • 秋海棠 (qiūhǎitáng)plants of the genus Begonia
Czech begonie, begónie
  • begonieplants of the genus Begonia
  • begónieplants of the genus Begonia
Danish begonia
  • begoniaplants of the genus Begonia
Dutch begonia
  • begoniaplants of the genus Begonia
Esperanto begonio
  • begonioplants of the genus Begonia
Estonian begoonia
  • begooniaplants of the genus Begonia
European Portuguese begónia
  • begóniaplants of the genus Begonia
Finnish begonia
  • begoniaplants of the genus Begonia
French bégonia
  • bégoniaplants of the genus Begonia
German Begonie
  • Begonieplants of the genus Begonia
Greek βεγόνια
  • βεγόνια (vegónia)plants of the genus Begonia
Hindi बीगोनिया
  • बीगोनिया (bīgoniyā)plants of the genus Begonia
Hungarian begónia
  • begóniaplants of the genus Begonia
Icelandic begónía, skáblað
  • begóníaplants of the genus Begonia
  • skáblaðplants of the genus Begonia
Irish beagóinia
  • beagóiniaplants of the genus Begonia
Italian begonia
  • begoniaplants of the genus Begonia
Korean 베고니아
  • 베고니아 (begonia)plants of the genus Begonia
Latvian begonijas
  • begonijasplants of the genus Begonia
Lithuanian begonija
  • begonijaplants of the genus Begonia
Malay begonia
  • begoniaplants of the genus Begonia
Norwegian begonia
  • begoniaplants of the genus Begonia
Polish begonia
  • begoniaplants of the genus Begonia
Romanian begonie
  • begonieplants of the genus Begonia
Russian бего́ния
  • бего́ния (begónija)plants of the genus Begonia
Slovak begónia
  • begóniaplants of the genus Begonia
Spanish begonia
  • begoniaplants of the genus Begonia
Swedish begonia
  • begoniaplants of the genus Begonia
Tagalog bigonya
  • bigonyaplants of the genus Begonia
Turkish begonya
  • begonyaplants of the genus Begonia
Ukrainian бегонія
  • бегонія (behonija)plants of the genus Begonia
Vietnamese thu hải đường
  • thu hải đườngplants of the genus Begonia

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with begonia

EstoniamacedoniaammoniaPatagoniaCataloniaLivoniaLaconiaharmoniasinfoniaSnowdoniaFranconiaFreedoniaPoloniaAmbazoniaBabyloniaheliconiaWalloniaCydoniaPaeoniaSlavoniaPannoniaSophroniawatsoniadysphonia
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Cite this entry
APA

begonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begonia

MLA

“begonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begonia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begonia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begonia.

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