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gardênia

Portuguese, noun

gardênia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gardenia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, gardénia is a different word: “European Portuguese standard spelling of gardênia”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “flor semelhante ao jasmim, de perfume forte”.

What does gardênia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininegardenia

noun

as gardénia
  1. 1

    feminineEuropean Portuguese standard spelling of gardênia

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. flor semelhante ao jasmim, de perfume forte

noun: 1. flor semelhante ao jasmim, de perfume forte

noun: 1. prenome feminino

noun: 1. prenome feminino

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of gardênia

  • gardénias plural
  • gardênias plural
  • gardénia alternative Portugal

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to gardênia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gardênia in Portuguese?

gardênia appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).