tamarindo

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tamarindo, from Old French tamarinde, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy).

Noun

tamarindo

1. tamarind preserve
2. tamarind candy

Central Nahuatl

Noun

tamarindo (inanimate)

1. (Calpan) tamarind

Italian

Etymology

From Old French tamarinde, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy).

Noun

tamarindo m (plural tamarindi)

1. tamarind (tree)
2. tamarind (fruit)

Descendants

• → German: Tamarinde
  • → Danish: tamarinde
  • → Dutch: tamarinde

Anagrams

• adontarmi, armandoti, madrinato, mandatori, maritando, rimandato, rimondata

Japanese

Romanization

tamarindo

1. Rōmaji transcription of タマリンド

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tamarinho, tambarino, tamarina

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.maˈɾĩ.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.maˈɾĩ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.maˈɾĩ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.mɐˈɾĩ.du/

Noun

tamarindo m (plural tamarindos)

1. tamarind (Tamarindus indica, a tropical tree)

   Synonyms: tamarindeiro, tamarindeira, tamarineiro, tamarinheiro

2. tamarind (fruit of the tamarind tree)

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, “tamarind”, literally “Indian date”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamaˈɾindo/ [t̪a.maˈɾĩn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -indo
• Syllabification: ta‧ma‧rin‧do

Noun

tamarindo m (plural tamarindos)

1. tamarind (tree)
2. tamarind (fruit)
3. a candy made of tamarind fruit

Related terms

• tamarisco

 

Further reading

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