canela

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, uncountable) cinnamon (spice from the cinnamon tree)
2. (colloquial, feminine) shin (front part of the leg below the knee)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of canelar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of canelar:

canelar

to cause striations, stretch marks or grooves in (e.g. with a plow), to groove, to flute, to furrow

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Concepts

cinnamon

shank

shin

sorrel

cinnamon bark

Cinnamomum zeylanicum

Ceylon cinnamon

Ceylon cinnamon tree

cannon

chicheme

cinnamon tree

shinbone

toe

Synonyms

caneleira

perna

🦵

alazão

Translations

cannelle

cannella

canyella

kaneel

Zimt

canela

tarçın

قرفة

cannelier

cinnamum

κανέλα

canella

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈnɛ.lɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cannella

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese canela, from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).