granadilla

granadilla

English

An open Granadilla.

Granadilla flower (Passiflora edulis )

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

granadilla (plural granadillas)

1. Any of several species of passion flowers of tropical America.
2. The edible fruit of these plants. Alternative regional spelling grenadilla
   • 1852, Mrs. David Osborne, The World of Waters‎:

     On these plains, too, you will find the bushy oleander, many varieties of Jerusalem thorn and African rose, the bright scarlet of the cordium, bowers of jessamine, vines of grenadilla, and the silver and silky leaves of the portlandia.

Translations

any of several passion flowers of tropical America

Portuguese: granadilla f, granadilha f

the edible fruit of some of the species of these plants

Portuguese: granadilla f, granadilha f

Anagrams

• Gandarilla

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Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish granadilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑnɑdilːɑ/, [ˈɡrɑnɑˌdilːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): gra‧na‧dil‧la

Noun

granadilla

1. (rare) passion fruit

Declension

Inflection of granadilla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		granadilla	granadillat
genitive		granadillan	granadillojen
partitive		granadillaa	granadilloja
illative		granadillaan	granadilloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		granadilla	granadillat
accusative	nom.	granadilla	granadillat
	gen.	granadillan
genitive		granadillan	granadillojen granadillainrare
partitive		granadillaa	granadilloja
inessive		granadillassa	granadilloissa
elative		granadillasta	granadilloista
illative		granadillaan	granadilloihin
adessive		granadillalla	granadilloilla
ablative		granadillalta	granadilloilta
allative		granadillalle	granadilloille
essive		granadillana	granadilloina
translative		granadillaksi	granadilloiksi
instructive		—	granadilloin
abessive		granadillatta	granadilloitta
comitative		—	granadilloineen

Possessive forms of granadilla (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	granadillani	granadillamme
2nd person	granadillasi	granadillanne
3rd person	granadillansa

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Spanish

Etymology

granada +‎ -illa

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾanaˈdiʝa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡɾanaˈdiʝa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡɾanaˈdiʎa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡɾanaˈdiʃa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡɾanaˈdiʒa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (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: gra‧na‧di‧lla

Noun

granadilla f (plural granadillas)

1. (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru) passion fruit, sweet granadilla, grenadia (specifically Passiflora ligularis)

   Synonyms: (Passiflora edulis) maracuyá, (Guatemala) granadilla común

2. (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) Fruit from the granadillo tree, Platymiscium pinnatum.

Descendants

• → Portuguese: granadilha

Further reading

• “granadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “granadilla” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.