horta

See also: Horta

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hortus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔr.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈɔɾ.ta]

Noun

horta f (plural hortes)

1. orchard, market garden, vegetable garden

Related terms

• hort

Further reading

• “horta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “horta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “horta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “horta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese orta, from orto, from Latin hortus (“garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾta̝/

Noun

horta f (plural hortas)

1. kitchen garden, vegetable garden

   Synonyms: cortiña, eixido, horto, quintal

Related terms

• Horta
• hortaliza
• Hortas
• hortelá
• hortelán
• horticultor
• horticultura
• Horto
• horto
• Horto

 

References

• “orta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “horta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “horta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “horta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “horta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔh.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔh.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔχ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɻ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.tɐ/

• Homophone: Horta

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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese orta, from orto, from Latin hortus (“garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

Noun

horta f (plural hortas)

1. kitchen garden (garden for growing fruit, vegetables and/or herbs)

   Synonyms: horto, quintal

Derived terms

• hortinha (diminutive), hortazinha (diminutive), hortejo (diminutive)

Related terms

• hortaliça
• hortaliceiro
• hortar
• hortelã
• hortelão
• horteleiro
• horti-
• hortícula
• horticultor
• horticultura
• horto

 

Etymology 2

Verb

horta

1. inflection of hortar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative