The obsolete sense derives fromLatinrhododendron(“oleander”), fromAncient Greekῥοδόδενδρον(rhodódendron,“oleander”), fromῥόδον(rhódon,“rose”) +δένδρον(déndron,“tree”). The modern sense comes through the intermediary of the genus nameRhododendron.[1]
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rhododendron (pluralrhododendronsorrhododendra)
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rhododendron c (singular definiterhododendronen,plural indefiniterhododendroner)
rhododendron
Inflection ofrhododendron (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | rhododendron | rhododendronit | |
genitive | rhododendronin | rhododendronien | |
partitive | rhododendronia | rhododendroneja | |
illative | rhododendroniin | rhododendroneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rhododendron | rhododendronit | |
accusative | nom. | rhododendron | rhododendronit |
gen. | rhododendronin | ||
genitive | rhododendronin | rhododendronien | |
partitive | rhododendronia | rhododendroneja | |
inessive | rhododendronissa | rhododendroneissa | |
elative | rhododendronista | rhododendroneista | |
illative | rhododendroniin | rhododendroneihin | |
adessive | rhododendronilla | rhododendroneilla | |
ablative | rhododendronilta | rhododendroneilta | |
allative | rhododendronille | rhododendroneille | |
essive | rhododendronina | rhododendroneina | |
translative | rhododendroniksi | rhododendroneiksi | |
abessive | rhododendronitta | rhododendroneitta | |
instructive | — | rhododendronein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Borrowed fromLatinrhododendron, itself a borrowing fromAncient Greekῥοδόδενδρον(rhodódendron).
rhododendron m (pluralrhododendrons)
FromAncient Greekῥοδόδενδρον(rhodódendron,“oleander”), fromῥόδον(rhódon,“rose”) +δένδρον(déndron,“tree”).
rhododendron n (genitiverhododendrī);second declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | rhododendron | rhododendra |
genitive | rhododendrī | rhododendrōrum |
dative | rhododendrō | rhododendrīs |
accusative | rhododendron | rhododendra |
ablative | rhododendrō | rhododendrīs |
vocative | rhododendron | rhododendra |