cenoura
Meaning
carrot
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ce‧nou‧ra
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seˈno(w).ɾɐ/
Etymology
From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria (Modern Spanish zanahoria), from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic: سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría). Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian cenahoria, Spanish zanahoria, Maltese zunnarija, Catalan safanòria and Basque azenario.
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