cenoura

Galician

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

  1. alternative form of cenoria

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek στᾰφῠλή (stăphŭlḗ)
    Proto-Indo-European *-nós
    Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
    Ancient Greek -ῖνος (-înos)
    Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη (staphulínē)bor.
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros
    Proto-Indo-European *-yós
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵr̥yos
    Ancient Greek ἀγρία (agría)bor.
    Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya)
    Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya)bor.
    Old Spanish çenoriabor.
    Old Galician-Portuguese *çenoyra
    Portuguese cenoura

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *çenoyra, from Old Spanish çanahoria, from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”).

    Cognate with Galician cenoria, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian and Spanish zanahoria (and its descendants into other languages), Maltese zunnarija, Catalan safanòria, Basque azenario and Libyan Arabic سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈno(w).ɾɐ/ [seˈno(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈno(w).ɾa/ [seˈno(ʊ̯).ɾa]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈno(w).ɾɐ/
      • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈnow.ɾɐ/
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈno.ɾɐ/

    • Rhymes: -owɾɐ, -oɾɐ
    • Hyphenation: ce‧nou‧ra

    Noun

    cenoura f (plural cenouras)

    1. carrot

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Kabuverdianu: sinóra

    Further reading

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