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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEONY

Old English peonie, from Latin paeōnia, from Greek paiōnia; related to paiōnios healing, from paiōn physician.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PEONY

peony  [ˈpiːənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEONY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peony is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PEONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

peony

Peony

The peony is a flowering plant in the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, Southern Europe and Western North America. Boundaries between species are not clear and estimates of the number of species range from 25 to 40. Most are herbaceous perennial plants 0.5–1.5 metres tall, but some resemble trees 1.5–3 metres tall. They have compound, deeply lobed leaves and large, often fragrant, flowers, ranging from red to white or yellow, in late spring and early summer.

Definition of peony in the English dictionary

The definition of peony in the dictionary is any of various ranunculaceous shrubs and plants of the genus Paeonia, of Eurasia and North America, having large pink, red, white, or yellow flowers. Other definition of peony is the flower of any of these plants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEONY


accompany
əˈkʌmpənɪ
Albany
ˈɔːlbənɪ
Anthony
ˈæntənɪ
Antony
ˈæntənɪ
balcony
ˈbælkənɪ
Bethany
ˈbɛθənɪ
Brittany
ˈbrɪtənɪ
ceremony
ˈsɛrɪmənɪ
colony
ˈkɒlənɪ
company
ˈkʌmpənɪ
ebony
ˈɛbənɪ
felony
ˈfɛlənɪ
Germany
ˈdʒɜːmənɪ
harmony
ˈhɑːmənɪ
mahogany
məˈhɒɡənɪ
paeony
ˈpiːənɪ
symphony
ˈsɪmfənɪ
testimony
ˈtɛstɪmənɪ
tiffany
ˈtɪfənɪ
Tuscany
ˈtʌskənɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEONY

peon
peonage
peonies
peonism
people
people carrier
people mover
people power
people skills
people trafficking
People´s Commissar
people´s democracy
People´s Democratic Republic of Laos
People´s Democratic Republic of Yemen
People´s Dispensary for Sick Animals
people´s front
people´s panel
People´s Party
People´s Republic of China
peoplehood

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEONY

agony
awards ceremony
bony
fashiony
hegemony
irony
lemony
loony
matrimony
mony
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opening ceremony
phony
polony
pony
saxony
simony
stony
telephony
tony

Synonyms and antonyms of peony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «peony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEONY

Find out the translation of peony to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peony from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peony» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

牡丹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peonía
570 millions of speakers

English

peony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Peony
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفاوانيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пион
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peônia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Peony
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pivoine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peony
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pfingstrose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シャクヤク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모란
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây mâu đơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பியோனி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şakayık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peonia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piwonia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

півонія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bujor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παιωνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pioen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

peon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEONY»

The term «peony» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEONY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «peony» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «peony» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peony

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEONY»

Discover the use of peony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Peony
"The conflicts inherent in the Chinese and Jewish temperament are delicately and intricately traced with profound wisdom and delicate understanding in this tale... This is an enchanting story, the theme of which is tolerance.
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, 1990
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Peony in Love
Peony has neither seen nor spoken to any man other than her father, a wealthy Chinese nobleman.
Lisa See, 2011
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The Peony Pavilion: Mudan Ting
For this second edition, which contains a fully revised text of the translation, Cyril Birch and Catherine Swatek reflect on contemporary performances of the play in light of its history.
Xianzu Tang, 2002
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Persons, Roles, and Minds: Identity in Peony Pavilion and ...
Focusing on two late-Ming or early-Qing plays central to the Chinese canon (Peony Pavilion and Peach Blossom Fan), this study explores crucial questions concerning personal identity. ..".the main news about this book is that it is a solid, ...
Tina Lu, 2001
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The Peony: Alice Harding's Peonies in the Little Garden & ...
Alice Harding wrote The Book of the Peony in 1917 and its smaller companion volume, Peonies in the Little Garden, in 1923.
Alice Harding, 1993
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Peony: A Novel of China
When Peony and the family’s son, David, grow up and fall in love with one another, they face strong opposition from every side. Tradition forbids the marriage, and the family already has a rabbi’s daughter in mind for David.
Pearl S. Buck, 2012
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The Peony Pavilion: A Novel
Can a youthful love born of a garden dream ever blossom? Based upon a famous sixteen-century Chinese opera written by Tang Xianzu, 'the Shakespeare of China', the novel leads the reader into a mythical world of passion and romance.
Xiaoping Yen, 2000
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Peony's Favorite Holiday
Find your crayons! Find your pencils! Find your markers! Letâs color! Fill in the drawings and spell out the words. You can find your own blank paper and think of more words and pictures! A fun book for kids of all ages!
‎2004
9
The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and ...
That's the typical Memorial Day weekend at Sunnydale Spring Peony Farm in Valley Center, Kansas, owned by five members of the Jackson family. For more than fifty years,the Jacksons have been supplying peonies to people in theWichita ...
Lynn Byczynski, 2008
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The Book of the Peony
There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
Alice (Howard) Harding, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peony is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gary Church: You'll love this plant, unless you also love money
The pink flower resembles a peony, and droops on pink stems. It's very eye catching, and has been referred to as the Rolls Royce of ... «New Castle News, Jul 15»
2
Bride Tribes - From the Classicist to the Modernist, which style of …
BRIDEZILLA MOMENT: Calling caterer to ask if he could scatter dried peony petals over the crème brûlée desserts is not beyond her. Beef or ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Delicacy of words
'My mom and brother died,' she said. 'On that fishing boat.'…The silence stretched as the boy bent low to peer again under the peony leaves.” «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
4
National Ballet of China tours US
Often referred to as the 'Chinese Romeo and Juliet', 'Peony Pavilion' is one of the most famous love stories in all of Chinese literature. Written ... «CCTV, Jul 15»
5
Katy Perry Is Selling Her Latest Fragrance On Twitter
The fragrance, Perry's fourth to date, has notes of sweet white peony and bad blood. (More like bad joke, Eliza!) As you'll recall, Twitter started ... «Fashionista, Jul 15»
6
From Japan to the world
His goal: To create a pure yellow herbaceous peony. Itoh pollinated more than 1,200 peony plants before obtaining 36 seedlings in 1948 when ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
7
National Ballet of China @ SPAC, 7/21/15
SARATOGA SPRINGS – They say dance is a universal language, but the National Ballet of China's “Peony Pavilion” might be the exception to ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
8
Picking the perfect peonies
Wayne Floyd is selling the peonies from his first harvest at local farmers markets and through the Alaska Peony Market Cooperative Friday, July ... «Kenai Peninsula Online, Jul 15»
9
'The Peony Pavilion': Underpowered beauty
Beauty is a strength and a weakness in “The Peony Pavilion,” an ode to the delirium of love, danced by the National Ballet of China at Wolf Trap ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
10
'The Peony Pavilion' and 'The Red Detachment of Women' Dance …
“The Peony Pavilion” (2008) and “The Red Detachment of Women” (1964) made up the five-day New York City run that ended Sunday, kicked ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

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