avellana

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See also: avellaná

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin abellana, from Avella, a city in Italy.

Pronunciation

Noun

avellana f (plural avellanes)

  1. hazelnut

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin (nux) Abellāna (literally “(nut) from Abella”), from the toponym Abella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.velˈla.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: a‧vel‧là‧na

Noun

avellana f (plural avellane)

  1. Synonym of nocciola (“hazelnut”)
  2. (heraldry) avellane cross

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /abeˈʝana/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /abeˈʎana/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /abeˈʃana/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /abeˈʒana/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin abellana, from Avella, a city in Italy.

Noun

avellana f (plural avellanas)

  1. hazelnut
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Hiligaynon: abelyana

Adjective

avellana (invariable)

  1. hazel (eye color)
    ojos avellana ― hazel eyes

Etymology 2

Verb

avellana

  1. inflection of avellanar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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