guinda

See also: Guinda and guindá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guinda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡin.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈɡin.da]

Noun

guinda f (plural guindes)

1. sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)

Derived terms

• guinder

Further reading

• “guinda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “guinda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Galician

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīksĭna (“type of cherry”), from *wiks (“mistletoe”). Compare French guigne, Italian visciola, Old Occitan guindola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡindɐ]

Noun

guinda f (plural guindas)

1. sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)

Derived terms

• guindeira
• Guindeiras
• Guindeiro

References

• “guinda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “guinda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “guinda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

guinda

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

Portuguese

Verb

guinda

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡinda/ [ˈɡĩn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -inda
• Syllabification: guin‧da

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō (“type of cherry”), from *wīhs- (“mistletoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wīsos, *wiHsos. Compare French guigne, Italian visciola, Old Occitan guindola.

Noun

guinda f (plural guindas)

1. sour cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus)

   la guinda del pastel ― the icing on the cake

Derived terms

• guinda de la tarta
• guindilla

 

Related terms

• guindar
• guindo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

guinda

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

Further reading

• “guinda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014