feijoa
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the New Latin former genus name Feijoa, which was named after Portuguese botanist João da Silva Feijó by the German botanist Otto Karl Berg.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /feɪˈʒoʊ.ə/, /feɪˈd͡ʒoʊ.ə/, /feɪˈhoʊ.ə/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfiːd͡ʒɐʉ.ɐ/
Noun[edit]
feijoa (plural feijoas)
- A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).
- The green, ellipsoid fruit of this shrub, having a tart and sweet taste.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
shrub
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fruit
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From translingual Feijoa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
feijoa
- feijoa, pineapple guava (plant and fruit)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of feijoa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | feijoa | feijoat | ||
genitive | feijoan | feijoien | ||
partitive | feijoaa | feijoia | ||
illative | feijoaan | feijoiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | feijoa | feijoat | ||
accusative | nom. | feijoa | feijoat | |
gen. | feijoan | |||
genitive | feijoan | feijoien feijoainrare | ||
partitive | feijoaa | feijoia | ||
inessive | feijoassa | feijoissa | ||
elative | feijoasta | feijoista | ||
illative | feijoaan | feijoiin | ||
adessive | feijoalla | feijoilla | ||
ablative | feijoalta | feijoilta | ||
allative | feijoalle | feijoille | ||
essive | feijoana | feijoina | ||
translative | feijoaksi | feijoiksi | ||
abessive | feijoatta | feijoitta | ||
instructive | — | feijoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
- ananasguava (plant and fruit)
- feijoakasvi (plant)
Further reading[edit]
- “feijoa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: fei‧jo‧a
Noun[edit]
feijoa f (plural feijoas)
- feijoa (shrub)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
feijoa f (plural feijoas)
Further reading[edit]
- “feijoa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- English terms derived from New Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- New Zealand English
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English eponyms
- en:Fruits
- en:Myrtle family plants
- Finnish terms derived from Translingual
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eijoɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/eijoɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish koira-type nominals
- fi:Fruits
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns