altea

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish altea, from Latin althaea, from Ancient Greek ἀλθαία (althaía, “marshmallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əlˈte̞.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əlˈtɛ.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əlˈte.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [alˈte.a]

Noun

altea f (plural altees)

1. marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)

   Synonyms: malví, malva blanca

2. rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

   Synonyms: hibisc de Síria, malva reial

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “altea”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Further reading

• “altea”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin althaea, from Ancient Greek ἀλθαία (althaía, “marshmallow, Althaea officinalis”), from ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, “to heal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈtɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: al‧tè‧a

Noun

altea f (plural altee)

1. marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)

   Synonyms: bismalva, malvaccione, malvavischio

References

• “altea”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• alate, talea

Spanish

Verb

altea

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