jacaranda

See also: Jacaranda and jacarandá

English

Etymology

From Portuguese jacarandá, from Old Tupi îacaranda.

Noun

jacaranda (plural jacarandas)

2. Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers. In horticultural use refers specifically to Jacaranda mimosifolia.
   • 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 147:

     They passed slowly under the jacaranda trees beginning to bloom lavender over their heads.

3. The hard, dark wood of these trees.
4. A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably Dalbergia frutescens, Dalbergia nigra and Dalbergia refusa.

Translations

tree

• Catalan: xicranda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍花楹屬／蓝花楹属 (zh) (lánhuāyíng shǔ)

• Finnish: jakaranda (fi)
• French: jacaranda (fr) m
• Hebrew: סיגלון m (siglón), יקרנדה f (yakaránda)
• Old Tupi: îakarandá
• Portuguese: jacarandá (pt) m
• Romanian: palisandru (ro) m
• Spanish: jacaranda f, jacarandá (es) m
• Swedish: jakaranda (sv) c

wood

• Catalan: xicranda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍花楹／蓝花楹 (zh) (lánhuāyíng)

• Finnish: jakaranda (fi)
• Spanish: jacaranda f
• Swedish: jakaranda (sv)

trade name

• Finnish: jakaranda (fi)

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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} jakaranda (sv) c

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ka.ʁɑ̃.da/

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Noun

jacaranda m (plural jacarandas)

1. jacaranda

Further reading

• “jacaranda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jacaranda.

Noun

jacaranda m (plural jacaranda)

1. jacaranda

Declension

Declension of jacaranda

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jacaranda	jacarandaul	(niște) jacaranda	jacarandai
genitive/dative	(unui) jacaranda	jacarandaului	(unor) jacaranda	jacarandalor
vocative	jacarandaule		jacarandalor

Spanish

Noun

jacaranda f (plural jacarandas)

1. jacaranda

Adjective

jacaranda f

1. feminine singular of jacarando

Further reading

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