azucena

See also: Azucena

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic السَّوْسَن (as-sawsan), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Galician azucena and Portuguese açucena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aθuˈθena/ [a.θuˈθe.na] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /asuˈsena/ [a.suˈse.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: a‧zu‧ce‧na

Noun

azucena f (plural azucenas)

  1. lily
    Synonym: lirio

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: asusena, asusina
  • → Tagalog: asusena

Further reading

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