orellana

See also: Orellana

Catalan

Etymology

From orella +‎ -ana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.ɾəˈʎa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾəˈʎa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [o.ɾeˈʎa.na]

Noun

orellana f (plural orellanes)

1. (usually in the plural) a strip of dried apricot, peach, or pear
2. (Balearic) a sweetened strip of fried dough
3. (botany) an oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

   Synonyms: auriana, pollancró, gírgola orellana

Further reading

• “orellana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɾeˈʝana/ [o.ɾeˈʝa.na]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾeˈʝana/ [o.ɾeˈʝa.na]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oɾeˈʎana/ [o.ɾeˈʎa.na]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾeˈʃana/ [o.ɾeˈʃa.na]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾeˈʒana/ [o.ɾeˈʒa.na]

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: o‧re‧lla‧na

Noun

orellana m or f by sense (plural orellanas)

1. eavesdropper

Adjective

orellana

1. feminine singular of orellano

Further reading

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