seringa
English
Alternative forms
- serynga
Etymology
Portuguese seringa.
Noun
seringa (plural seringas)
- A rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis).
Anagrams
- Aigners, Angries, Gainers, Gearins, Reagins, Searing, earings, erasing, gainers, inrages, raignes, reagins, regains, regians, reginas, searing
French
Alternative forms
- seringat, syringa
Etymology
Flower of seringa (Philadelphus coronarius)
Borrowed from Dutch sering, from Latin sȳrinx. Doublet of seringue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.ʁɛ̃.ɡa/
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Noun
seringa m (plural seringas)
- sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius)
- Synonyms: jasmin des poètes, seringa ordinaire, seringa des jardins, seringa commun
- hence any of several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus
- (uncommon) any of several flowering plants of the genus Syringa such as the lilacs
Further reading
- “seringa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- engrais, graines, ingéras, régnais, resigna, résigna, saigner, signera
Portuguese
seringa
Etymology 1
From Medieval Latin syringa, from sȳrinx.
Noun
seringa f (plural seringas)
- syringe
Noun
seringa m or f by sense (plural seringas)
- (colloquial) bore (boring person)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Dutch sering.
Noun
seringa f (plural seringas)
- (Brazil) any of several flowering plant species in the genus Hevea
- Synonym: seringueira