paulownia
See also: Paulownia and paulownią
English
Etymology
From New Latin paulownia, from German Pawlowna, transliterating Russian Па́вловна (Pávlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna.
Noun
paulownia (plural paulownias)
- Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.
- 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 62:
- “This is a nice dry piece of paulownia wood,” she said, “for drawing my eyebrows.”
French
Further reading
- “paulownia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
paulownia
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin paulownia, from German Pawlowna, from Russian Па́вловна (Pávlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pawˈlɔv.ɲa/
- Rhymes: -ɔvɲa
- Syllabification: pau‧low‧nia
Declension
Declension of paulownia
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paulownia | paulownie |
| genitive | paulowni | paulowni |
| dative | paulowni | paulowniom |
| accusative | paulownię | paulownie |
| instrumental | paulownią | paulowniami |
| locative | paulowni | paulowniach |
| vocative | paulownio | paulownie |
Further reading
- paulownia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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