faia

Noun

1. (feminine) beech (tree of genus Fagus)
2. (feminine) faya (tree of species Myrica faya)

Verb

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

faiar

to lead (to place leads between lines of print to increase their spacing)

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfaj.ɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: fāgea

Cognate with Galician: faia

Cognate with Asturian: faya

Cognate with Spanish: haya

Cognate with Catalan: faja

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese faia, from Latin fāgea, nominalization of [materia] fāgea (“beech wood”), derived from Latin fāgus (“beech tree”). Compare Galician faia, Asturian faya, Spanish haya, and Catalan faja.

Concepts

beech

beech tree

Fagus

Haya

European beech

genus Fagus

Synonyms

fago

Faia

Fagus

Translations

hêtre

haya

beuk

Buche

faggio

buk

faig

οξιά

fagus

kayın

مُرَّان

fau

زَان

زان

fagus

Sentences

Tiffany nos disse , o banco é feito de madeira de faia .

Tiffany told us, the bench is made of beech wood.

Pode telhas ou tijolos , mais fortes que madeira de faia .

It can be tiles or bricks, stronger than beech wood.

Em abril , o trigo aumenta drasticamente ; Em maio , ergue-se como uma faia .

In April, wheat rises dramatically; in May, it rises like a beech.