ceiba

See also: Ceiba

English

Etymology

From Spanish ceiba.

Noun

ceiba (plural ceibas or ceiba)

  1. Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
  2. The silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba.

See also

Further reading

Galician

Verb

ceiba

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθeiba/ [ˈθei̯.β̞a] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˈseiba/ [ˈsei̯.β̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -eiba
  • Syllabification: cei‧ba

Noun

ceiba f (plural ceibas)

  1. silk-cotton tree

Further reading

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