ervilla
Galician
Alternative forms
- ervilha (Reintegrationist)
Noun
ervilla f (plural ervillas)
- (cooking) pea (edible seed)
- (botany) pea (plant)
Spanish
Etymology
Probably borrowed from another Ibero-Romance language, from Latin ervilia. Doublet of arveja, the inherited Castilian form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /eɾˈbiʝa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /eɾˈbiʎa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eɾˈbiʃa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eɾˈbiʒa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: er‧vi‧lla
Noun
ervilla f (plural ervillas)
- vetch
- Synonym: arveja
- pea
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “arveja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 368
Further reading
- “ervilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014