canela

canela

See also: Canela and canëla

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin candela. Doublet of the later borrowed form candela[1].

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəˈnɛ.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛ.la/

Noun

canela f (plural caneles)

1. (archaic or dialectal) candle

Synonyms

• candela

References

1. “candela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

• “canela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “canela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”). Cognate with Portuguese canela and Spanish canilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈnɛlɐ/

Noun

canela m (plural canelas)

1. cane or pipe
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, page 254:

     Et aquel jnstrumẽto cõ que tangia Mercurio era nouo, et avia em el sete canelas

     That instrument Mercury was playing with was new, and it has seven pipes in it

2. shin
3. shinbone
4. leg (of a sock)
5. cinnamon

Derived terms

• Canelas
• caneleira
• Caneliñas

References

• “canela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “canela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “canela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “canela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈnɛ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ne‧la

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Noun

canela f (plural canelas)

1. cinnamon (spice)
2. shin

Related terms

• caneleira

Verb

canela

1. inflection of canelar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese canela, from Latin canella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnela/ [kaˈne.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ca‧ne‧la

Noun

canela f (plural canelas)

1. cinnamon

Derived terms

• ser canela en rama

 

Related terms

• canal
• canilla
• caña
• cañón
• cannoli

Adjective

canela f

1. feminine singular of canelo

Further reading

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