granadilla
See also: Granadilla
English
Etymology
From Spanish granadilla.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪlə
Noun
granadilla (countable and uncountable, plural granadillas)
- Any of several species of genus Passiflora of passion flowers of tropical America.
- 1852, Mrs. David Osborne, The World of Waters[1]:
- On these plains, too, you will find the bushy oleander, many varieties of Jerusalem thorn and African rose, the bright scarlet of the cordium, bowers of jessamine, vines of grenadilla, and the silver and silky leaves of the portlandia.
- Edible fruit of these plants.
- Wood of these plants.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- giant granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis)
- purple granadilla (Passiflora edulis)
- red granadilla (Passiflora capsularis, Passiflora coccinea)
- sweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis)
- yellow granadilla (Passiflora laurifolia)
Related terms
Translations
any of several passion flowers of tropical America
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the edible fruit of some of the species of these plants
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References
- ^ “granadilla | grenadilla, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
- granadilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Passiflora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Passiflora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Granadilla at Plants of the World Online
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish granadilla.
Pronunciation
Noun
granadilla f (plural granadilles)
- sweet granadilla (fruit)
Further reading
- “granadilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Finnish
Etymology
From Spanish granadilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑnɑdilːɑ/, [ˈɡrɑ̝nɑ̝ˌdilːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ilːɑ
- Syllabification(key): gra‧na‧dil‧la
- Hyphenation(key): gra‧na‧dil‧la
Noun
granadilla (rare)
Declension
| Inflection of granadilla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | granadilla | granadillat | |
| genitive | granadillan | granadillojen | |
| partitive | granadillaa | granadilloja | |
| illative | granadillaan | granadilloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | granadilla | granadillat | |
| accusative | nom. | granadilla | granadillat |
| gen. | granadillan | ||
| genitive | granadillan | granadillojen granadillain rare | |
| partitive | granadillaa | granadilloja | |
| inessive | granadillassa | granadilloissa | |
| elative | granadillasta | granadilloista | |
| illative | granadillaan | granadilloihin | |
| adessive | granadillalla | granadilloilla | |
| ablative | granadillalta | granadilloilta | |
| allative | granadillalle | granadilloille | |
| essive | granadillana | granadilloina | |
| translative | granadillaksi | granadilloiksi | |
| abessive | granadillatta | granadilloitta | |
| instructive | — | granadilloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “granadilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾanaˈdiʝa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡɾanaˈdiʎa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡɾanaˈdiʃa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡɾanaˈdiʒa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
Audio (Costa Rica): (file)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: gra‧na‧di‧lla
Noun
granadilla f (plural granadillas)
- (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru) passion fruit, sweet granadilla, grenadia (specifically Passiflora ligularis)
- Synonyms: (Passiflora edulis) maracuyá, (Guatemala) granadilla común
- (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) fruit from the granadillo tree (Platymiscium pinnatum)
Descendants
- → Catalan: granadilla
- → Portuguese: granadilha
Further reading
- “granadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “granadilla”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010