hibiscus

See also: Hibiscus

English

A hibiscus flower (1).

Etymology

From Late Latin hibiscus, from Latin hibiscum, from Ancient Greek ἰβίσκος (ibískos, “marsh mallow”), probably ultimately from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈbɪskəs/, /haɪˈbɪskəs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

hibiscus (plural hibiscuses or hibisci)

1. A flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.
   • 2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 231:

     There were red hibiscus flowers splashed all over it, yellow dots quivering at the stamens.

2. A cocktail made with champagne and cranberry juice.

Derived terms

• Chinese hibiscus
• cottonwood hibiscus
• sea hibiscus

 

Translations

flower

• Bikol Central: gumamela
• Bulgarian: хибискус m (hibiskus)
• Burmese: ခေါင်ရန်း (my) (hkaung-ran:)
• Catalan: hibisc m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木槿 (zh) (mùjǐn)

• Czech: ibišek (cs) m
• Dutch: hibiscus (nl) m, tuinhibiscus (nl) m, koraalmalve (nl) m
• Finnish: hibiskus (fi)
• French: hibiscus (fr) m, ibisque (obsolete)
• German: Hibiskus (de) m
• Greek: ιβίσκος (el) m (ivískos)
• Hawaiian: aloalo
• Indonesian: kembang sepatu, bunga sepatu (id)
• Italian: ibisco (it) m
• Japanese: 木槿 (ja) (むくげ, mukuge)
• Kazakh: бөрітарақ (börıtaraq)
• Korean: 무궁화(無窮花) (ko) (mugunghwa)
• Latin: hibiscus m
• Lithuanian: kinrožė f
• Macedonian: слезовина f (slezovina), хибискус m (hibiskus)
• Malay: baru (ms), bunga raya (ms)
• Maori: puarangi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hibiskus

• Polish: hibiskus (pl) m, ketmia (pl) f
• Portuguese: hibisco (pt) m
• Romanian: hibiscus (ro) m
• Russian: гиби́скус (ru) m (gibískus)
• Spanish: hibisco m
• Swedish: hibiskus c
• Tagalog: gumamela n
• Telugu: మందారము (te) (mandāramu)
• Thai: ชบา (th) (chá-baa)
• Turkish: hibiskus, amber çiçeği (tr)
• Tày: ngần, ve, bjoóc ngần, bjoóc ve
• Vietnamese: dâm bụt (vi), bông bụp (vi)

References

• Hibiscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hibiscus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hibiscus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hibiscus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɦiˈbɪs.kʏs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hi‧bis‧cus

Noun

hibiscus m (plural hibiscussen, diminutive hibiscusje n)

1. hibiscus, flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus

Derived terms

• tuinhibiscus

French

un hibiscus

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

hibiscus m (uncountable)

1. hibiscus (flowering plant)

   Hypernym: malvacée

   Hyponyms: althéa, ketmie

Further reading

• “hibiscus” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “hibiscus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hibiscus.

Noun

hibiscus m (plural hibiscuși)

1. hibiscus (flowering plant)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hibiscus	hibiscusul		hibiscuși	hibiscușii
genitive-dative	hibiscus	hibiscusului		hibiscuși	hibiscușilor
vocative	hibiscusule			hibiscușilor