Fernery

/ˈfɜːr.nə.ri/ noun

Definition

A greenhouse, garden plot, or room specially designed for growing and displaying ferns.

Etymology

From 'fern' plus -ery suffix (meaning a place for or collection of). Became popular during the Victorian era when fern collecting was fashionable.

Kelly Says

Pteridomania (fern fever) gripped Victorian society so intensely that people built expensive ferneries and hunted rare ferns to extinction—a cautionary tale of nature collecting gone wrong!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
蕨 አርበኞች
zə-rə ər-bənyo-ch
ARالعربية
حديقة الأطراف
ha-di-qah al-at-taf
BNবাংলা
শুকনার বাগান
sho-k-na-ar ba-ga-an
CACatalà
hort de falgueres
hort deh fal-gue-res
CSČeština
tropický skleník
trop-i-cky sklen-ik
DADansk
papegøjehave
pa-pe-go-je-ha-ve
DEDeutsch
Farne-Gewächshaus
far-neh ge-voch-shaus
ELΕλληνικά
κήπος φεγγάρι
kee-pos feg-ga-ri
ESEspañol
ferretería
fer-teh-REE-ah
FAفارسی
باغ سرخس
bagh serkh-s
FISuomi
saniaispuutarha
san-ai-as-puu-tar-ha
FRFrançais
ferme de fougères
fer-muh duh foo-zher
GUGU
પાનપુષ્પનું બગીચું
pa-na-pu-shpunu ba-gi-chun
HAHA
gidan ferns
gi-dan ferns
HEעברית
גן של קיפוד
gen shel kip-pod
HIहिन्दी
पर्णी पौधों का बगीचा
pa-rni pow-don ka ba-gee-cha
HUMagyar
páfránykert
pa-fray-kert
IDBahasa Indonesia
kebun pakis
ke-bun pa-kis
IGIG
ụlọ ferns
u-lo ferns
ITItaliano
giardino di felci
zhar-dee-noh dee fel-chee
JA日本語
シダ園
shi-da en
KKKK
шыралы беті
shi-ra-ly be-ti
KMKM
វន្តាស្ថាន ស្វាយ
von-ta-san svay
KO한국어
고사리 정원
go-sa-ri jeong-won
MRMR
फर्नचे बाग
fern-che ba-ag
MSBahasa Melayu
kebun pakis
ke-bun pa-kis
MYမြန်မာ
ပါးပါး ဥယျာဉ်
pa-pa-pa oo-ye-zin
NLNederlands
varenplantsoen
va-ren-plant-soen
NONorsk
papegøyeplass
pa-pe-go-ye-plass
PAPA
ਫਰਨ ਦਾ ਬਗ
fern da ba-g
PLPolski
ogród paproci
oh-grod pap-roh-chee
PTPortuguês
jardim de samambaias
jar-dim duh sa-ma-m-bai-as
RORomână
grădina de ferigi
gra-di-na deh fer-i-gi
RUРусский
Оранжерея папоротников
oh-ran-zher-ya pa-po-rot-ni-kov
SVSvenska
bräkenhage
brae-ken-ha-ge
SWKiswahili
shamba la fern
sha-mba la fern
TAதமிழ்
பற்கள் தோட்டம்
par-gal tha-dot-tam
TEతెలుగు
పాపరతీ తోట
pa-pa-rathee tho-ta
THไทย
สวนเฟิร์น
suan fern
TLTL
hardin ng mga pakis
har-din ng mga pa-kis
TRTürkçe
boyut bahçesi
boy-oot bah-cheh-seh
UKУкраїнська
Оранжерея папоротей
oh-ran-zher-ya pa-po-ro-tei
URاردو
پتھری کا باغ
pat-hri ka bagh
VITiếng Việt
vườn dương xỉ
vuh-yen dyung-see
YOYO
ọ̀pọ̀ ferns
o-po ferns
ZH中文
蕨园
jué yuán
ZUZU
umzimba we ferns
um-zim-ba we ferns

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