anguria

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Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Ecclesiastical Latin agonia, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía); compare Catalan angúnia.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

anguria m (plural angurias)

  1. (literary) anguish
    Synonym: angustia

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “engurria”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian

anguria

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) (plural ἀγγούρια (angoúria)). Probably originally meaning “cucumber”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈɡu.rja/
  • Rhymes: -urja
  • Hyphenation: an‧gù‧ria

Noun

anguria f (plural angurie)

  1. (regional, northern Italian) watermelon
    Synonym: cocomero

Further reading

  • anguria in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • anguria in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • anguria in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • anguria in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • angùria in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • angùria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Etymology

From Italian anguria.

Pronunciation

Noun

angūria f (genitive angūriae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) watermelon (fruit and plant)
    Synonyms: (fruit) citrullum, (plant) citrullus, (fruit and plant) adulāha, (fruit and plant) sandia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative angūria angūriae
Genitive angūriae angūriārum
Dative angūriae angūriīs
Accusative angūriam angūriās
Ablative angūriā angūriīs
Vocative angūria angūriae