azeitona

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.d͡zej.ˈto.na/
    • Rhymes: -ona
    • Hyphenation: a‧zei‧to‧na

    Noun

    azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

    1. olive (fruit of the olive tree)
      Synonym: oliva

    Descendants

    • Fala: aceituna, (Mañegu) adeituna, (Lagarteiru) adituna
    • Portuguese: azeitona

    References

    Portuguese

    azeitonas

    Etymology

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azeitona, from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”).[1][2] Compare Asturian and Spanish aceituna.

      Pronunciation

       
       

      • Hyphenation: a‧zei‧to‧na

      Noun

      azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

      1. olive (fruit)
        Synonym: oliva

      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ “azeitona”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
      2. ^ “azeitona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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