azalea

See also: Azalea and azálea

English

An azalea plant

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “I dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈzeɪliə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪliə

Noun

azalea (plural azaleas)

1. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.

Derived terms

• azaleamum
• Azalean
• fragrant azalea
• pinxterbloom azalea
• smooth azalea
• swamp azalea
• sweet azalea

 

Translations

plant — see also rhododendron

• Albanian: azalé
• Armenian: լեռնավարդ (hy) (leṙnavard)
• Bulgarian: аза́лия (bg) f (azálija)
• Catalan: azalea f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杜鵑花／杜鹃花 (zh) (dùjuānhuā)

• Czech: azalka (cs) f
• Danish: azalea c
• Dutch: azalea (nl)
• Esperanto: azaleo
• Faroese: asalea f
• Finnish: atsalea (fi)
• French: azalée (fr) f
• Georgian: დეკა (ka) f (deḳa)
• German: Azalee (de) f
• Greek: αζαλέα (el) f (azaléa)
• Hungarian: azálea (hu)
• Hunsrik: Asilee f
• Ido: azaleo (io)
• Indonesian: saliyah
• Irish: asáilia f
• Italian: azalea (it) f
• Japanese: 躑躅 (ja) (tsutsuji), つつじ (ja) (tsutsuji)
• Korean: 진달래 (ko) (jindallae)
• Malay: azalea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: asalea m

  Nynorsk: asalea m

• Polish: azalia (pl) f
• Portuguese: azaleia (pt) f
• Romanian: azalee (ro) f
• Russian: аза́лия (ru) f (azálija)
• Spanish: azalea (es) f, azálea f
• Tagalog: asaleya
• Turkish: açelya (tr)
• Ukrainian: аза́лія (uk) f (azálija)
• Welsh: asalea m

Further reading

• azalea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈzaː.leː.aː/, /aːˈzaː.li.aː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aza‧lea

Noun

azalea f or m (plural azalea's, diminutive azaleaatje n)

1. azalea, plant of the obsolete genus Azalea

Esperanto

Adjective

azalea (accusative singular azalean, plural azaleaj, accusative plural azaleajn)

1. of or relating to an azalea

Related terms

• azaleo (“azalea”)

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”).

Noun

azalea f (plural azalee)

1. azalea

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈd͡za.le.a/, [äd̪ˈd̪͡z̪äːleä]

Noun

azalea f (genitive azaleae); first declension

1. (New Latin) azalea

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	azalea	azaleae
genitive	azaleae	azaleārum
dative	azaleae	azaleīs
accusative	azaleam	azaleās
ablative	azaleā	azaleīs
vocative	azalea	azaleae

Descendants

• → English: azalea
• → German: Azalee

Spanish

Alternative forms

• azálea (Mexico)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Azalea, a genus name, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because the plant grows in dry soil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθaˈlea/ [a.θaˈle.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asaˈlea/ [a.saˈle.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: a‧za‧le‧a

Noun

azalea f (plural azaleas)

1. azalea

Further reading

• “azalea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28