Feminin

ameixa

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (feminine) plum (fruit)
  2. (feminine, informal) firearms bullet
  3. (feminine) hand grenade

Synonyme

amêixoa

rainha-cláudia

Nêspera

ameixieira

brunho

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/aˈme(j).ʃɐ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *damascĭna-, for Latin damascēna (prūna) ("plums from Damascus"), whence English damson. Loss of initial d- probably due to metanalysis as the preposition de (dameixa → d'ameixa → de ameixa).

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