pinya

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pinea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpi.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpi.ɲa]

Noun

pinya f (plural pinyes)

1. pine cone
2. pineapple
3. In a castell (human tower), a base of people who help to support the central trunk and provide safety in case of a collapse

Synonyms

• (pineapple): pinya americana, ananàs

Derived terms

• apinyar

Further reading

• “pinya” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pinya”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pinya” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pinya” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish piña, from Latin pinea.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pin‧ya

Noun

pinya

1. the pineapple (Ananas comosus)
2. the fruit of this plant
3. the fiber extracted from the leaves of this plant

Derived terms

• kapinyahan

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish piña

Noun

pinyá

1. pineapple

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Waray-Waray

Noun

pinyá

1. pineapple