garança

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

granza

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French garance,^[1]^[2] from Old French garance, warance, from Frankish *wratja, from Proto-Germanic *wratjō (“red dye”).

Pronunciation edit

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

Noun edit

garança f (plural garanças)

madder (Rubia tinctorum, a herbaceous plant)
Synonyms: ruiva-dos-tintureiros, ruiva
alizarin; madder (red dye extracted from madder root)
Synonym: alizarina

References edit

^ “garança” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “garança” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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