avellana
See also: avellaná
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin abellana, from Avella, a city in Italy.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.vəˈʎa.nə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.bəˈʎa.nə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.veˈʎa.na/
Audio (Catalonia) (file)
Noun
avellana f (plural avellanes)
- hazelnut
Derived terms
- avellanar
- avellanat
- avellaneda
- avellaner
- avellaneta
- avellanor
- avellanosa
Further reading
- “avellana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “avellana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “avellana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “avellana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin (nux) Abellāna (literally “(nut) from Abella”), from the toponym Abella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.velˈla.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: a‧vel‧là‧na
Noun
avellana f (plural avellane)
- Synonym of nocciola (“hazelnut”)
- (heraldry) avellane cross
Further reading
- avellana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- allenava, anellava
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin abellana, from Avella, a city in Italy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /abeˈʝana/ [a.β̞eˈʝa.na]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /abeˈʎana/ [a.β̞eˈʎa.na]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /abeˈʃana/ [a.β̞eˈʃa.na]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /abeˈʒana/ [a.β̞eˈʒa.na]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: a‧ve‧lla‧na
Noun
avellana f (plural avellanas)
- hazelnut
Derived terms
- avellanada
- avellanar
- avellaneda
- avellanedo
- avellano
- leche de avellana
Descendants
- → Hiligaynon: abelyana
Adjective
avellana (invariable)
- hazel (eye color)
- ojos avellana ― hazel eyes
Verb
avellana
- inflection of avellanar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “avellana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014