avellano

See also: Avellano and avellanó

English

Etymology

Italian avellano

Noun

avellano

1. Synonym of Chilean hazelnut (“Gevuina avellana”).
   • 1899, William Anderson Smith, Temperate Chile: A Progressive Spain, page 245:

     The avellano and some other trees are readily injured by frost if grown alone, but are common enough amid the forest, where the general foliage acts as a protection.

Italian

Etymology 1

From the name of the hermitage of Fonte Avellana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.velˈla.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: a‧vel‧là‧no

Adjective

avellano (feminine avellana, masculine plural avellani, feminine plural avellane)

1. (historical, relational) of the Venerable Hermitage of the Holy Cross

Further reading

• avellano¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From avellana (“hazelnut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.velˈla.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: a‧vel‧là‧no

Noun

avellano m (plural avellani)

1. synonym of nocciolo (“hazel tree”)

Further reading

• avellano² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvɛl.la.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛllano
• Hyphenation: a‧vèl‧la‧no

Verb

avellano

1. inflection of avellere:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• allenavo, allevano, anellavo, vallonea

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abeˈʝano/ [a.β̞eˈʝa.no]

• IPA^(key): /abeˈʝano/ [a.β̞eˈʝa.no] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abeˈʎano/ [a.β̞eˈʎa.no] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /abeˈʃano/ [a.β̞eˈʃa.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /abeˈʒano/ [a.β̞eˈʒa.no] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /abeˈano/ [a.β̞eˈa.no] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: a‧ve‧lla‧no

Etymology 1

From avellana.

Noun

avellano m (plural avellanos)

1. hazel tree (genus Corylus)
2. Gevuinaa avellana, a Chilean tree.

Derived terms

• avellano turco

Etymology 2

Verb

avellano

1. first-person singular present indicative of avellanar

Further reading

• “avellano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025