cenoura

Galician

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

  1. alternative form of cenoria

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria, from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”).

Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian and Spanish zanahoria (and its descendants into other languages), Maltese zunnarija, Catalan safanòria, Basque azenario and Libyan Arabic سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya).

Pronunciation

 
  • (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/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈnow.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈno.ɾɐ/

  • Rhymes: -owɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: ce‧nou‧ra

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

  1. carrot

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kabuverdianu: sinóra
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