ciruela

English

Noun

ciruela (uncountable)

1. The plant Spondias purpurea.

Anagrams

• auricle

Asturian

Noun

ciruela f (plural cirueles)

1. plum (fruit)

Synonyms

• cirigüeyu
• nisu
• ñisu

Fala

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ciruela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiˈɾwela/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ci‧rue‧la

Noun

ciruela f (plural ciruelas)

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) plum (fruit)

   Synonyms: abruñu (Valverdeñu), agruñu (Lagarteiru, Mañegu), ameixa (Mañegu)

Derived terms

• cirueleiru (“plum tree”)

 

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cēreola, an ellipsis of cēreola prūna (literally “wax-colored plums”), from the neuter plural of Latin cereolus, later reinterpreted as a feminine singular; see cēra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈɾwela/ [θiˈɾwe.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈɾwela/ [siˈɾwe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ci‧rue‧la

Noun

ciruela f (plural ciruelas)

1. plum

   Synonym: pruna

2. (Bolivia, Honduras, Venezuela) mombin

   Synonym: jocote

Derived terms

• ciruela albaricoque
• ciruela chabacana
• ciruela Damasco
• ciruela interespecífica
• ciruela natal
• ciruela pasa

 

Related terms

• ciruelo m

 

Further reading

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