cenoura

Galician

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

1. alternative form of cenoria

Portuguese

cenouras

Alternative forms

• cenoira

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek στᾰφῠλή (stăphŭlḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Ancient Greek -ῖνος (-înos)

Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη (staphulínē)bor.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵr̥yos

Ancient Greek ἀγρία (agría)bor.

Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya)

Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya)bor.

Old Spanish çenoriabor.

Old Galician-Portuguese *çenoyra

Portuguese cenoura

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *çenoyra, from Old Spanish çanahoria, from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”).

Cognate with Galician cenoria, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian and Spanish zanahoria (and its descendants into other languages), Maltese zunnarija, Catalan safanòria, Basque azenario and Libyan Arabic سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈno(w).ɾɐ/ [seˈno(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈno(w).ɾɐ/ [seˈno(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈno(w).ɾa/ [seˈno(ʊ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈno(w).ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈno(w).ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈnow.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈno.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -owɾɐ, -oɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ce‧nou‧ra

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

1. carrot

Derived terms

• cenoura-brava

Descendants

• → Kabuverdianu: sinóra

Further reading

• “cenoura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cenoura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cenoura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “cenoura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN