acacia

English

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Acacia

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/, /əˈkeɪ.sjə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃə

Etymology 1

From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.

Noun

acacia (countable and uncountable, plural acacias or acaciae)

1. (countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
   • 1997, Kenneth M. Old, Ian A. Hood, Zi Qing Yuan, Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Northern Queensland, K. M. Old, Su Lee See, J. K. Sharma (editors), Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (South Sumatra) 28 April - 2 May 1996, page 1,

     The latter species was collected only once in this survey on A. flavescens but is widespread on both tropical and temperate acacias in Australia.

2. (uncountable, pharmacy) The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
4. (uncountable) Gum arabic; gum acacia.
5. (loosely) Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
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Synonyms

• (shrub or tree of the genus Acacia): wattle (Australian varieties), thorntree, whistling thorn
• (inspissated juice of several species of Acacia): gum acacia, gum arabic

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• false acacia
• gum acacia

References

• “acacia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

acacia (plural acacias)

1. (history, classical studies) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

References

Further reading

• Acacia in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Acacia in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈkaː.si.aː/

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• Hyphenation: aca‧cia

Noun

acacia m (plural acacia's, diminutive acaciaatje n)

1. A shrub or tree of a species that belongs to the genus Acacia
2. Any plant resembling an acacia

   (particularly) Synonym of robinia (“Robinia pseudoacacia”)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: akasia

Further reading

• acacia on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

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acacia

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.sja/

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Noun

acacia m (plural acacias)

1. acacia

Descendants

• → Moore: kasɩya

Further reading

• “acacia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acācia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”). Doublet of gaggia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈka.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Hyphenation: a‧cà‧cia

Noun

acacia f (plural acacie)

1. acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae), particularly:
   • 1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook]‎, page 13:

     L’Acacia (ſecõdo Dioſcoride) è vn’arbuſcello d'Egitto, ſpinoſo, di rami folto, il quale non creſce in alto, e fa i fiori bianchi

     The acacia (according to Dioscorides) is an Egyptian sapling, thorny, with many branches, that does not develop in height, and makes white flowers

   1. silver wattle (Acacia dealbata)
   2. Mount Morgan wattle (Acacia podalyriifolia)
2. sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana)

   Synonym: gaggia

3. black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

   Synonym: robinia

Further reading

• acacia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• acaica

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkaː.ki.a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.t͡ʃi.a/,

Noun

acācia f (genitive acāciae); first declension

1. the gum arabic tree (Vachellia nilotica, syn. Acacia nilotica).
2. the juice or gum of this plant.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: gaggia
• Ligurian: gasîa
• Piedmontese: gasìa, gaseja
• Venetian: gazia
  • → Greek: γαζία (gazía)
• → Dutch: acacia
• → English: acacia
• → French: acacia
  • → Moore: kasɩya
• → Italian: acacia
• → Portuguese: acácia
• → Romanian: acacia
• → Spanish: acacia

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkaː.ki.aː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.t͡ʃi.a/,

Noun

acāciā f

1. ablative singular of acācia

References

• “acacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acacia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acacia or French acacia.

Noun

acacia f (plural acacii)

1. shrubs or trees of the genus Acacia

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía) "a thorny Egyptian tree", from ἀκή (akḗ) "point, thorn".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈkaθja/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈkasja/

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: a‧ca‧cia

Noun

acacia f (plural acacias)

1. acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “acacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014