spinacia

See also: Spinacia

Interlingua

Noun

spinacia (plural spinacias)

1. spinach

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly - because of the feminine gender and the palatalization on the last syllable - from (or influenced by) Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, ultimately from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiˈna.ʃa/, [spɪˈna.ʃa], [ʃpɪ-]
• Hyphenation: spi‧nà‧cia

Noun

spinacia f (invariable)

1. spinach

Related terms

• mpanata câ spinacia

See also

• agghia
• amareḍḍi
• cicoria
• cucuzza
• jiti
• sinapa