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English
Noun
albacora (plural albacoras)
- Obsolete form of albacore (“longfin tuna”).
Galician
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic, from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).
Pronunciation
Noun
albacora f (plural albacoras)
- albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “albacora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “albacora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “albacora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish albacora (“swordfish”), from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.baˈkɔ.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɔra
- Hyphenation: al‧ba‧cò‧ra
Noun
albacora f (plural albacore)
- Synonym of alalonga
Derived terms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
albacora f (plural albacoras)
- albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakúra), from classical Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /albaˈkoɾa/
- Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: al‧ba‧co‧ra
Noun
albacora f (plural albacoras)
- breba, an early Ficus carica fig
- Synonym: breva
- swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- Synonym: pez espada
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