different between fuchsin vs fuchsia

English

Noun

fuchsin (plural fuchsins)

1. Alternative spelling of fuchsine

English

Etymology

New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?'sh?, IPA^(key): /?fju???/
• Rhymes: -u???

Noun

fuchsia (plural fuchsias)

1. A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
   • 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)

     Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves

2. A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.

   Synonym: magenta

Translations

Adjective

fuchsia (not comparable)

1. Having a purplish-red colour.

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Further reading

• fuchsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fuchsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• fuchsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Leonhart Fuchs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

Named after Leonhart Fuchs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f????a]

Noun

fuchsia c (singular definite fuchsiaen, plural indefinite fuchsiaer or fuchsier)

1. fuchsia

Inflection

References

• “fuchsia” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.?ja/, /fyk.sja/
• Homophone: fuchsias

Noun

fuchsia m (plural fuchsias)

1. fuchsia

Adjective

fuchsia (invariable)

1. fuchsia