alquequenje

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French alkékenge, from Arabic الكَاكَنْج (al-kākanj).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes) (Brazilian spelling)

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

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes)

  1. bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi))
    Synonyms: vejiga de perro, halicácabo, farol chino

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: alchechengi

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