seringa

• serynga

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese seringa.

seringa (plural seringas)

1. A rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis).

• raignes, Angries, regains, earings, angries, Angiers, Reagins, gainers, searing, erasing, Seraing, reginas, reagins, Aigners, signare, regians, graines, Gearins, Searing, Gainers, inrages

• seringat, syringa

Borrowed from Dutch sering, from Latin sȳrinx. Doublet of seringue.

• IPA^(key): /sə.ʁɛ̃.ɡa/

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seringa m (plural seringas)

1. sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius)

   Synonyms: jasmin des poètes, seringa ordinaire, seringa des jardins, seringa commun

2. hence any of several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus
3. (uncommon) any of several flowering plants of the genus Syringa such as the lilacs

• “seringa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• engrais, graines, ingéras, régnais, resigna, résigna, saigner, signera

• Rhymes: -ĩɡɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧rin‧ga

From Medieval Latin syringa, from sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx). Doublet of siringe.

seringa f (plural seringas)

1. syringe

seringa m or f by sense (plural seringas)

1. (colloquial) bore (boring person)

Borrowed from Dutch sering.

seringa f (plural seringas)

2. (Brazil) any of several flowering plant species in the genus Hevea (rubber trees)

   Synonym: seringueira

• seringueira
• seringueiro

• → English: seringa

• “seringa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “seringa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025