sierra

See also: Sierra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sierra, from Latin serra, "saw," referring to the saw-tooth profile of the crestline of the range seen from a distance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈɛɹə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹə

Noun

sierra (countable and uncountable, plural sierras)

1. A rugged range of mountains.
2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
3. A scombroid fish.
4. (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
   • 2005, Karen Anand, International Cooking With Karen Anand (page 77)

     Mancha selecto is the world's best saffron: deep-red stamens, as long as the first joint of your thumb, packed and date-stamped. Lesser types, like sierra saffron, have shorter stamens and a quantity of white and yellow flower parts.

Derived terms

• Sierra County
• Sierra Leone
• Sierra Nevada

Related terms

• serrated

Anagrams

• 'Arries, Rieras, airers, arries, iraser, raiser, reairs

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin serra.

Noun

sierra f (plural sierras)

1. mountain-range

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “sierra”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• serra

Etymology

From Latin serra.

Noun

sierra f (plural sierres)

1. saw (tool)

Related terms

serrar

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French

Noun

sierra f (plural sierras)

1. (geography) sierra

Further reading

• “sierra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sierra.

Noun

sierra f (invariable)

1. sierra

Anagrams

• arresi, arrise, riarse, riresa, serrai

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjera/ [ˈsje.ra]
• Homophone: cierra (non-Castilian)

Etymology 1

From Latin serra.

Noun

sierra f (plural sierras)

1. saw (tool)
2. mountain range

   Sierra Madre Occidental

3. sawfish
4. (Chile) snoek (Thyrsites atun)

Derived terms

• motosierra
• sierra caladora
• sierra circular
• sierra de arco
• sierra de cinta
• sierra de ingelte
• sierra de punta
• sierra de sable
• sierra de vaivén
• sierra eléctrica
• sierra ingletadora
• sierra para metales
• vizcacha de la sierra

 

Related terms

• aserradero
• aserrar
• aserrín
• serrucho
• serrano

Descendants

• → English: sierra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sierra

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

Further reading

• “sierra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014