cenoura
Galician edit
Noun edit
cenoura f (plural cenouras)
- Alternative form of cenoria
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria (Modern Spanish zanahoria), from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic: سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría).
Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian cenahoria, Spanish zanahoria, Maltese zunnarija, Catalan safanòria and Basque azenario.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ce‧nou‧ra
Noun edit
cenoura f (plural cenouras)