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begonia

/bəˈɡoʊni.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
be-go-nia
IPA
/bəˈɡoʊni.ə/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Bego Old French Bégon Middle French Bégon French Bégon Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. Translingual -ia Translingual Begoniabor. English begonia Borrowed from translingual Begonia (genus of plants), named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /bəˈɡoʊni.ə/
  • British English: /bəˈɡəʊniː.ə/

Inflected Forms

begonias (plural)

Phrases

beefsteak begonia New Zealand begonia star begonia strawberry begonia

Rhymes With

pneumonia ammonia catalonia sonya livonia valonia estonia macedonia patagonia babylonia snowdonia franconia

Questions

How do you pronounce begonia?
The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈɡoʊni.ə/.
What does begonia mean?
Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.
Where does begonia come from?
Etymology tree Latin Bego Old French Bégon Middle French Bégon French Bégon Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. Translingual -ia Translingual Begoniabor. English begonia Borrowed from translingual Begonia (genus of plants), named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

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