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fuchsia en · ADJ

Pronunciation

fū'ksēə (obsolete)
/ˈfuːksi.ə/ (obsolete)
(US) audio
fyū'shə
/ˈfjuːʃə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz Proto-West Germanic *fuhs Old High German vuhs Middle High German vuhs German Fuchsder. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Translingual Fuchsiabor. English fuchsia From New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).

Meanings

(not-comparable) Having a purplish-red colour.

Translations (4)

es fucsia (Translations) · es fiusha (Translations) · es cinzolín (Translations) · es fushia (Translations)

fuchsia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

fū'ksēə (obsolete)
/ˈfuːksi.ə/ (obsolete)
(US) audio
fyū'shə
/ˈfjuːʃə/

Etymology

Meanings

A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
- Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)
A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
- She tilted a hand topped with long rectangular nails in furious fuchsia towards her cheeks and fluttered the fingers, fanning. 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 258:
- Born in the mid-2010s, the concept of the girlboss promised a utopia where women could bulldoze into workplaces, pull up a seat at male-dominated tables and become a celebrated CEO on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List by the ripe age of 23 (and do it all, of course, wearing a fuchsia blazer and a balayage hairdo). 2025 November 6, Ellie Muir, “In All's Fair, the girlboss archetype has never been more embarrassing”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2026:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
fuchsias	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

fuchsia gum · fuchsialike · tree fuchsia · California fuchsia · fuchsine · fuchsia mallee · native fuchsia · fuchsia eucalyptus

Synonyms

magenta

Translations (88)

sh fùksija (plant) · gl fucsia (colour) · el φούξια (colour) · ja 赤紫色 (colour) · eu fuksiara (colour) · bg о́бички (plant) · tr küpe çiçeği (plant) · kmr foşya (colour) · nn tåre (plant) · oc fúcsia (colour) · it fucsia (plant) · ar فُوشِيّ (colour) · sv fuchsia (colour) · ro cerceluș (plant) · cmn 品紅色 /品红色 (colour) · io fuxio (plant) · tg нофамон (plant) · arn chillko (plant) · cmn 倒掛金鐘 /倒挂金钟 (plant) · sh фу̀ксија (plant) · pt fúcsia (colour) · nn Kristi blodsdrope (plant) · fa سرخابی سیر (colour) · pt fúcsia (plant) · tl pusiya (colour) · da fuchsia (plant) · gl fucsia (plant) · el φούξια (plant) · st monjet (colour) · fr fuchsia (colour) · mi kōtukutuku (colour) · tt алкагөл (plant) · nn fuksia (plant) · he פוקסיה (colour) · ro fucsie (colour) · tr fuşya (colour) · ar أُرْجُوَانِيّ (colour) · pl fuksja (plant) · cmn 紫紅色 /紫红色 (colour) · fa فوکسیه (plant) · ca fúcsia (plant) · fi verenpisara (plant) · es fucsia (plant) · ko 푸크시아 (plant) · hy ականջօղ (plant) · ru фу́ксия (plant) · sq lule vathi (plant) · eo fuksio (plant) · nb fuksia (colour) · pl fuksja (colour) · sv fuchsia (plant) · ml ഫ്യൂഷിയ (colour) · hy աղվեսակ (plant) · es fucsia (colour) · ru пурпу́рно-кра́сный цвет (colour) · ja フクシャ (plant) · ru фу́ксия (colour) · tg фуксия (colour) · tt alqagöl (plant) · hy ֆուքսիա (plant) · uk фу́ксія (plant) · fa فوشیا (plant) · pl ułanka (plant) · es cinzolín (colour) · sk fuksia (plant) · cy ffwsia (plant) · de Fuchsie (plant) · kk фуксии (colour) · ro fucsie (plant) · he פוּקְסְיָה (plant) · nb fuksia (plant) · ar فُوشِيَة (plant) · fi fuksianpunainen (colour) · mi kōtukutuku (plant) · cs fuchsie (plant) · fa گل آویز (plant) · fi fuksia (colour) · it fucsia (colour) · nl foksia (colour) · fi fuksia (plant) · ja ホクシャ (plant) · bn ম্যাজেন্টা (colour) · af foksia (colour) · fr fuchsia (plant) · sk fuksia (colour) · ca fúcsia (colour) · ga fiúise (plant) · ka ფუქსია (plant)