ciruela

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English

Noun

ciruela (uncountable)

  1. The plant Spondias purpurea.

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

ciruela f (plural cirueles)

  1. plum (fruit)

Synonyms

Fala

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ciruela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θiˈɾwela/
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: ci‧rue‧la

Noun

ciruela f (plural ciruelas)

  1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) plum (fruit)
    Synonyms: abruñu (Valverdeñu), agruñu (Lagarteiru, Mañegu), ameixa (Mañegu)

Derived terms

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cēreola, an ellipsis of cēreola prūna (literally “wax-colored plums”), from the neuter plural of Latin cereolus, later reinterpreted as a feminine singular; see cēra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈɾwela/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈɾwela/
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: ci‧rue‧la

Noun

ciruela f (plural ciruelas)

  1. plum
    Synonym: pruna
  2. (Bolivia, Honduras, Venezuela) mombin
    Synonym: jocote

Derived terms

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