feijoa
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English
Etymology
From the New Latin former genus name Feijoa, which was named after Portuguese botanist João da Silva Feijó by the German botanist Otto Karl Berg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feɪˈʒoʊ.ə/, /feɪˈd͡ʒoʊ.ə/, /feɪˈhoʊ.ə/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfiːd͡ʒɐʉ.ɐ/
Noun
feijoa (plural feijoas)
- A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).
- The green, ellipsoid fruit of this shrub, having a tart and sweet taste.
Synonyms
Translations
shrub
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Finnish
Etymology
From translingual Feijoa.
Pronunciation
Noun
feijoa
- feijoa, pineapple guava (plant and fruit)
Declension
| Inflection of feijoa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | feijoa | feijoat | |
| genitive | feijoan | feijoien | |
| partitive | feijoaa | feijoia | |
| illative | feijoaan | feijoiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | feijoa | feijoat | |
| accusative | nom. | feijoa | feijoat |
| gen. | feijoan | ||
| genitive | feijoan | feijoien feijoain rare | |
| partitive | feijoaa | feijoia | |
| inessive | feijoassa | feijoissa | |
| elative | feijoasta | feijoista | |
| illative | feijoaan | feijoiin | |
| adessive | feijoalla | feijoilla | |
| ablative | feijoalta | feijoilta | |
| allative | feijoalle | feijoille | |
| essive | feijoana | feijoina | |
| translative | feijoaksi | feijoiksi | |
| abessive | feijoatta | feijoitta | |
| instructive | — | feijoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- ananasguava (plant and fruit)
- feijoakasvi (plant)
Further reading
- “feijoa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fei‧jo‧a
Noun
feijoa f (plural feijoas)
- feijoa (shrub)
Spanish
Noun
feijoa f (plural feijoas)
Further reading
- “feijoa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014