cenoura

cenoura

Galician

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

1. Alternative form of cenoria

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Portuguese

cenouras

Alternative forms

• cenoira

Etymology

From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria (Modern Spanish zanahoria), from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة‎ (safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة‎ (ʾisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic: سفنّاريّة‎ (sfənnāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría).

Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian cenahoria, Spanish zanahoria, Catalan safanòria and Basque azenario.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈno(w).ɾɐ/ [seˈno(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈno(w).ɾɐ/ [seˈno(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈno(w).ɾa/ [seˈno(ʊ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈno(w).ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈno(w).ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈno.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: ce‧nou‧ra

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

1. carrot