ginja

Portuguese

garrafas de ginja (2)

Etymology

Unknown, but compare French guigne.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒĩ.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒĩ.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒĩ.ʒa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒĩ.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: gin‧ja

Noun

ginja f (plural ginjas)

1. sour cherry (fruit of the Prunus cerasus tree)
2. (by extension) a liqueur produced from the fruits

   Synonym: ginjinha

Derived terms

• ginjeira

Further reading

• ginjinha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• ginja on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “ginja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ginja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ginja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026