alquequenje

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alquequenge (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from French alkékenge, from Arabic الكَاكَنْج (al-kākanj).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.keˈkẽ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯.keˈkẽ.ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.keˈkẽ.ʒi/ [aʊ̯.keˈkẽ.ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.keˈkẽ.ʒe/ [aʊ̯.keˈkẽ.ʒe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɨˈkẽ.ʒɨ/ [aɫ.kɨˈkẽ.ʒɨ]

Noun

alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (botany) bladder cherry; alkekengi (Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), a plant of southern Europe)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الكَاكَنْج (al-kākanj, “bladder cherry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkeˈkenxe/ [al.keˈkẽŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -enxe
• Syllabification: al‧que‧quen‧je

Noun

alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes)

1. bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi))

   Synonyms: vejiga de perro, halicácabo, farol chino

Descendants

• → Italian: alchechengi

Further reading

• “alquequenje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10