aceituna

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُونَة (zaytūna), via Andalusian Arabic.

Noun

aceituna f (plural aceitunes)

1. olive (fruit)

Fala

Alternative forms

• (Mañegu) adeituna, (Lagarteiru) adituna

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azeitona or borrowed from Spanish aceituna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθei̯ˈtuna/
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: a‧cei‧tu‧na

Noun

aceituna f (plural aceitunas)

1. (Valverdeñu) olive

Derived terms

• aceituneiru

 

Related terms

• oliva

 

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُونَة (zaytūna), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθeiˈtuna/ [a.θei̯ˈt̪u.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aseiˈtuna/ [a.sei̯ˈt̪u.na]

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• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: a‧cei‧tu‧na

Noun

aceituna f (plural aceitunas)

1. olive (fruit)

   Synonym: oliva

Derived terms

• aceitunero
• cambiar el agua a las aceitunas

 

Related terms

• aceite

 

Adjective

aceituna f

1. feminine singular of aceituno

Further reading

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