alquequenje

alquequenje

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French alkékenge, from Arabic الكَاكَنْج‎ (al-kākanj).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.keˈkẽ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯.keˈkẽ.ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.keˈkẽ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯.keˈkẽ.ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.keˈkẽ.ʒe/ [aʊ̯.keˈkẽ.ʒe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɨˈkẽ.ʒ(ɨ)/ [aɫ.kɨˈkẽ.ʒ(ɨ)]

Noun

alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes) (Brazilian spelling)

1. (botany) bladder cherry; alkekengi (Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), a plant of southern Europe)

Alternative forms

• alquequenge (European)

References

1. “alquequenge” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “alquequenge” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic الكَاكَنْج‎ (al-kākanj, “bladder cherry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkeˈkenxe/ [al.keˈkẽŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -enxe
• Syllabification: al‧que‧quen‧je

Noun

alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes)

1. bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi))

   Synonyms: vejiga de perro, halicácabo, farol chino

Descendants

• → Italian: alchechengi

Further reading

• “alquequenje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014