avelã

See also: avela

Portuguese

avelãs

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from Abella (“Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy”).

Cognate with Galician abelá, Spanish avellana, Occitan avelana and Romanian alună.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.veˈlɐ̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɨˈlɐ̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈlɐ̃/ [ɐ.βɨˈlɐ̃]

Rhymes: -ɐ̃
Hyphenation: a‧ve‧lã

Noun

avelã f (plural avelãs)

hazel (nut)

Related terms

aveleira

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