acai

See also: açaí and açaï

English

Açai palms

Alternative forms

• açai, açaí

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese açaí, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Tupi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsaɪ.i/, /ɑ.sɑˈi/

Noun

acai (plural acais)

1. Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
2. The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.

Translations

South American palms of the genus Euterpe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿薩伊／阿萨伊 (āsàyī), 阿萨伊 (āsàyī)

• Finnish: acai-palmu (fi)
• French: palmier pinot m, pinot (fr) m, (French Guiana) wasséï m
• Galician: azaí (gl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: palma (it) f, açai f
• Japanese: ワカバキャベツヤシ (wakaba kyabetsu yashi)
• Portuguese: açaizeiro m
• Russian: аса́и (ru) f or n (asái), евте́рпе f or n (jevtɛ́rpɛ), капу́стная па́льма f (kapústnaja pálʹma)
• Swahili: mwasaiberi

fruit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿薩伊／阿萨伊 (āsàyī), 阿萨伊 (āsàyī)

• Finnish: acai-marja (fi), acai-hedelmä (fi)
• French: açaï (fr) m
• Galician: azaí (gl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: アサイー (asaī), アサイ (asai)
• Portuguese: açaí (pt) m
• Russian: аса́и (ru) f or n (asái), евте́рпе f or n (jevtɛ́rpɛ)
• Spanish: azaí m
• Swahili: asaiberi

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Kohlpalme f
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אסאי
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} asaí m

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