different between bonsai vs arborsculpture

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese ?? (bonsai), from Middle Chinese ? (MC bu?n, “bowl”) + ? (MC t?s?i, d?z?i^H, “to plant”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?nsa?/, /?b?nza?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?nsa?/

Noun

bonsai (countable and uncountable, plural bonsai or bonsais)

1. (countable) A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
2. (uncountable) The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner.

Verb

bonsai (third-person singular simple present bonsais, present participle bonsaiing, simple past and past participle bonsaied)

1. (transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.
   • 2001, Dennis Parks, Living in the Country Growing Weird (page 50)

     Could I be a father who was, so to speak, bonsaiing his children, trimming urban roots, and then twisting the emerging branches?

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Interjection

bonsai

1. Misspelling of banzai.

Anagrams

• Bosnia, basion, sabino

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??.

Noun

bonsai

1. (countable) bonsai tree
2. (uncountable) art of bonsai

Synonyms

• (tree): bonsaitræ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (bonsai), from Middle Chinese ? (MC bu?n, “bowl”) + ? (MC t?s?i, d?z?i^H, “to plant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?nsai?]
• Hyphenation: bon?sai

Noun

bonsai (first-person possessive bonsaiku, second-person possessive bonsaimu, third-person possessive bonsainya)

1. bonsai:
   1. A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
   2. The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner.

Alternative forms

• bongsai

Derived terms

Further reading

• “bonsai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

bonsai

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (bonsai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?n.saj/, /?b??.saj/

Noun

bonsai n (indeclinable)

1. bonsai

Further reading

• bonsai in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bonsai in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (????, bonsai).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõ.?saj/

Noun

bonsai m (plural bonsais)

1. bonsai (a miniaturised tree or plant)
2. (uncountable) bonsai (the art of growing miniaturised trees or plants)

Spanish

Noun

bonsai m (plural bonsais)

1. bonsai

English

Noun

arborsculpture (uncountable)

1. The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.

See also

• bonsai
• pleach
• topiary

References

• Nestor, James (February, 2007). "Branching Out"., Dwell p. 96.
• “Offbeat America” # OB310 (First aired Dec 4 2006)
• Cassidy, Patti (April/May 2006) "Art to Grow", Acreage Life (Canada) P. 17
• Fore, Joshua (Issue #20) “How to Grow a Chair” Cabinet p. 27.
• May, John (Spring/Summer 2005) "The Art of Arborsculpture" Tree News(UK) P.37
• “Tree Stories”, Fantasy Trees show # 103
• Richard Reames "I call it Arborsculpture" .How to Grow a Chair- The Art of Tree Trunk Topiary 1995 by Reames and Delbol ?ISBN page 14