alcarceña

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الكَرْسَنَّة (al-karsanna, “bitter vetch”), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alkaɾˈθeɲa/ [al.kaɾˈθe.ɲa] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /alkaɾˈseɲa/ [al.kaɾˈse.ɲa] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -eɲa
  • Syllabification: al‧car‧ce‧ña

Noun

alcarceña f (plural alcarceñas)

  1. bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)

Derived terms

  • alcarceñal (“earth full of bitter vetch”)

References

  • Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcarceña”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 79

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