bonsai
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Japanese 盆栽 (bonsai), from Middle Chinese 盆 (MC bwon, “bowl”) + 栽 (MC tsoj|dzojH, “to plant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑnsaɪ/, /ˈbɑnzaɪ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒnsaɪ/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]bonsai (countable and uncountable, plural bonsai or bonsais)
- (countable) A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
- (uncountable) The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner.
Verb
[edit]bonsai (third-person singular simple present bonsais, present participle bonsaiing, simple past and past participle bonsaied)
- (transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.
- 2001, Dennis Parks, Living in the Country Growing Weird, page 50:
- Could I be a father who was, so to speak, bonsaiing his children, trimming urban roots, and then twisting the emerging branches?
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a miniaturized tree or plant
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the art of growing miniaturized trees or plants
Etymology 2
[edit]Interjection
[edit]bonsai
- Misspelling of banzai.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonsai
- (countable) bonsai tree
- (uncountable) art of bonsai
Synonyms
[edit]- (tree): bonsaitræ
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonsai
Declension
[edit]Inflection of bonsai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | bonsai | bonsait | |
genitive | bonsain | bonsaiden bonsaitten | |
partitive | bonsaita | bonsaita | |
illative | bonsaihin | bonsaihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | bonsai | bonsait | |
accusative | nom. | bonsai | bonsait |
gen. | bonsain | ||
genitive | bonsain | bonsaiden bonsaitten | |
partitive | bonsaita | bonsaita | |
inessive | bonsaissa | bonsaissa | |
elative | bonsaista | bonsaista | |
illative | bonsaihin | bonsaihin | |
adessive | bonsailla | bonsailla | |
ablative | bonsailta | bonsailta | |
allative | bonsaille | bonsaille | |
essive | bonsaina | bonsaina | |
translative | bonsaiksi | bonsaiksi | |
abessive | bonsaitta | bonsaitta | |
instructive | — | bonsain | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “bonsai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Japanese 盆栽 (bonsai), from Middle Chinese 盆 (MC bwon, “bowl”) + 栽 (MC tsoj|dzojH, “to plant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonsai (countable and uncountable, plural bonsai-bonsai)
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bonsai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]bonsai
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English bonsai.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonsai n (indeclinable)
- bonsai (tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning)
- bonsai (art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner)
Further reading
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 盆栽 (ぼんさい, bonsai).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: bon‧sai
Noun
[edit]bonsai m (plural bonsais)
- bonsai (a miniaturised tree or plant)
- (uncountable) bonsai (the art of growing miniaturised trees or plants)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonsai m (plural bonsais)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English terms derived from Middle Chinese
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English terms with quotations
- English interjections
- English misspellings
- en:Trees
- Danish terms borrowed from Japanese
- Danish terms derived from Japanese
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish countable nouns
- Danish uncountable nouns
- Finnish terms borrowed from Japanese
- Finnish terms derived from Japanese
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/onsɑi
- Rhymes:Finnish/onsɑi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish maa-type nominals
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Japanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Japanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian countable nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Polish terms derived from Japanese
- Polish terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish unadapted borrowings from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/aj
- Rhymes:Polish/aj/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Japan
- pl:Trees
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Japanese
- Portuguese terms derived from Japanese
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/onsai
- Rhymes:Spanish/onsai/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns