azeitona

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d͡zej.ˈto.na/

Noun

azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

1. olive (fruit)

Related terms

• azeite

Descendants

• Portuguese: azeitona

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "azeitona"

Portuguese

azeitonas

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azeitona, from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”). Compare Asturian and Spanish aceituna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zejˈtõ.nɐ/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈtõ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zejˈtõ.nɐ/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈtõ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zejˈto.na/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈto.na]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɐjˈto.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɐjˈto.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zejˈto.nɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zejˈto.nɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zeˈto.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧zei‧to‧na

Noun

azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

1. olive (fruit)

   Synonym: oliva

Related terms

• azeite

See also

• oliveira