ciruela
English
Noun
ciruela (uncountable)
- The plant Spondias purpurea.
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
ciruela f (plural cirueles)
- plum (fruit)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin cēreola, an ellipsis of cēreola prūna (literally “wax-colored plums”), from the neuter plural of Latin cereolus, later reinterpreted as a feminine singular; see cēra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈɾwela/ [θiˈɾwe.la]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈɾwela/ [siˈɾwe.la]
- Hyphenation: ci‧rue‧la
Noun
ciruela f (plural ciruelas)
Derived terms
Related terms
- ciruelo m
Further reading
- “ciruela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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