garança

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• granza

Etymology

Borrowed from French garance, from Old French garance, warance, from Frankish *wratja, from Proto-Germanic *wratjō (“red dye”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾɐ̃.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

Noun

garança f (plural garanças)

1. madder (Rubia tinctorum, a herbaceous plant)

   Synonyms: ruiva-dos-tintureiros, ruiva

2. alizarin; madder (red dye extracted from madder root)

   Synonym: alizarina