lentilha

Meaning

1. (feminine) lentil (plant Lens culinaris)
2. (feminine) lentil bean

Concepts

lentil

lens

lentils

Lens culinaris

lentil plant

Synonyms

lente

Translations

Linse

lentille

lenticchia

lenteja

linze

φακή

mercimek

llentilla

llentia

lens

عدس

lenticchie

nîsk

lente

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lẽˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: lentella

Cognate with Spanish: lenteja

Cognate with Catalan: llentilla

Inherited from Latin: lenticula

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese lentilha (compare Galician lentella), from Vulgar Latin *lenticla (compare Spanish lenteja, Catalan llentilla), from syncopation of Latin lenticula (“lentil”), diminutive of lēns (“lentil bean”). Compare lentícula, a borrowed doublet; cf. also lenticela.