rábano

Meaning

horseradish

Concepts

radish

horseradish

black radish

Raphanus sativus

Synonyms

rabanete

rábano de cavalo

rábano-silvestre

Translations

radijs

radis

ravanello

rave

Rettich

Radieschen

rábano

raifort

mierik

rafano

mierikswortel

فجل

Meerrettich

rapulum

radix

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁa.ba.nu/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish: rábano

Cognate with Galician: ravo

Cognate with Catalan: rave

Cognate with Italian: rafano

In summary

Probably borrowed from Spanish rábano, from Latin raphanus, from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos). A native variant rábão also exists, reflecting the expected loss of intervocalic Latin /n/ and showing /b/ for an original Latin /p/, a sound frequently used in borrowings to render the Ancient Greek /pʰ/. According to da Cunha, rábano and rábão are first attested in 1813, and a variant rabom was first attested in the 15th century. Compare Galician ravo, Catalan rave, and Italian rafano.