cenoura

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Galician

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

Alternative form of cenoria

Portuguese

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cenoura

cenouras

Alternative forms

cenoira

Etymology

From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria (Modern Spanish zanahoria), from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic: سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría).

Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian cenahoria, Spanish zanahoria, Maltese zunnarija, Catalan safanòria and Basque azenario.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈno(w).ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈno(w).ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈno(w).ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈnow.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈno.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: ce‧nou‧ra

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

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