lentilha
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese lentilha (compare Galician lentella), from Vulgar Latin *lenticla (compare Spanish lenteja, Catalan llentilla), from syncopation of Latin lenticula (“lentil”), diminutive of lēns (“lentil bean”). Compare lentícula, a borrowed doublet; cf. also lenticela.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iʎɐ
- Hyphenation: len‧ti‧lha
Noun edit
lentilha f (plural lentilhas)
- lentil (plant Lens culinaris)
- Synonym: lentilheira
- lentil bean