ciruela
English
Noun
ciruela (uncountable)
- The plant Spondias purpurea.
Anagrams
- auricle
Asturian
Noun
ciruela f (plural cirueles)
- plum (fruit)
Synonyms
- cirigüeyu
- nisu
- ñisu
Fala
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ciruela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θiˈɾwela/
Noun
ciruela f (plural ciruelas)
- (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) plum (fruit)
- Synonyms: abruñu (Valverdeñu), agruñu (Lagarteiru, Mañegu), ameixa (Mañegu)
Derived terms
- cirueleiru (“plum tree”)
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 86
Spanish
Etymology
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/ [θiˈɾwe.la]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈɾwela/ [siˈɾwe.la]
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: ci‧rue‧la
Noun
ciruela f (plural ciruelas)
- plum
- Synonym: pruna
- (Bolivia, Honduras, Venezuela) mombin
- Synonym: jocote
Derived terms
- ciruela albaricoque
- ciruela chabacana
- ciruela Damasco
- ciruela interespecífica
- ciruela pasa
Related terms
- ciruelo m
Further reading
- “ciruela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014