avelã

See also: avela

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from Abella (“Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy”).

Cognate with Galician abelá, Spanish avellana, Occitan avelana and Romanian alună.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.veˈlɐ̃/
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: a‧ve‧lã

Noun

avelã f (plural avelãs)

  1. hazel (nut)
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