forsythia
[fɔɹˈsɪθijə]noun
forsythia is a noun meaning “Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-S-Y-T-H-I-A and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of forsythia is forsythias.
What does forsythia mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce forsythia?
- UK [fɔːˈsajθijə]
- US [fɔɹˈsɪθijə]
Forsythia has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-forsythia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of forsythia
- forsythias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is forsythia?
Forsythia appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forsythia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shrub of genus Forsythia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Forsythie |
| Spanish | forsitia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does forsythia come from?
From New Latin, named in honor of Scottish horticulturist William Forsyth, who brought the shrub over from China. Forsyth's own name is from Irish Fearsithe, meaning "man of peace."
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).