alcarceña

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Spanish

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alcarceña
 Vicia ervilia on Spanish Wikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic الكَرْسَنَّة (al-karsanna, bitter vetch), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /alkaɾˈθeɲa/ [al.kaɾˈθe.ɲa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alkaɾˈseɲa/ [al.kaɾˈse.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -eɲa
  • Syllabification: al‧car‧ce‧ña

Noun

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alcarceña f (plural alcarceñas)

  1. bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcarceña”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 79

Further reading

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