spinacia
See also: Spinacia
Interlingua
Noun
spinacia (plural spinacias)
Sicilian
Etymology
Possibly - because of the feminine gender and the palatalization on the last syllable - from (or influenced by) Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, ultimately from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spiˈna.ʃa/, [spɪˈna.ʃa], [ʃpɪ-]
- Hyphenation: spi‧nà‧cia
Noun
spinacia f (invariable)
Related terms
- mpanata câ spinacia