samara

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English

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A samara from a maple tree.

Etymology

From Latin samara (elm seed), from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (summer).

Pronunciation

Noun

samara (plural samaras or samarae)

  1. The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.
    • 1993, R. H. Richens, "Ulmaceae", pages 95-96 in, V. H. Heywood, ed., Flowering Plants of the World, updated edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 96:
      The fruit is a nut, samara or drupe, containing a single seed with a straight embryo and little or no endosperm.
    Synonyms: helicopter, polynose, whirligig, whirlybird

Translations

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

samara

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬫᬭ

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin samara, from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (summer).

Noun

samara f (plural samare)

  1. (botany) samara (winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple)

Anagrams

Latin

samarae

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *samos (summer).

Noun

samara f (genitive samarae); first declension

  1. the winged fruit of an elm tree
  2. (New Latin, botany) samara

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative samara samarae
Genitive samarae samarārum
Dative samarae samarīs
Accusative samaram samarās
Ablative samarā samarīs
Vocative samara samarae

References

  • samara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • samara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • samara”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • samara”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara, hostile encounter, conflict, struggle, war, battle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ma.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ma‧ra

Noun

samara

  1. battle
  2. battlefield

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balinese: ᬲᬫᬭ (samara, battle)

Further reading

  • "samara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈma.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: sa‧ma‧ra
  • Homophone: Samara

Etymology 1

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Noun

samara f (diminutive samarka)

  1. (slang) ziploc bag
  2. (prison slang) stomach, belly
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Сама́ра (Samára), an oblast of Russia.

Noun

samara f

  1. (colloquial) Lada Samara (series of small family cars produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ under the Lada brand between 1984 and 2013)
Declension

Further reading

  • samara in Polish dictionaries at PWN