siringa

See also: şırınga

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of xeringa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈɾiŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈɾiŋ.ɡa]

Noun

siringa f (plural siringues)

1. (music) syrinx

   Synonym: flauta de Pan

2. (botany) rubber tree

   Synonyms: arbre del cautxú, hevea

3. (medicine) anal fistula

   Synonym: fístula anal

Further reading

• “siringa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “siringa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “siringa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈrin.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -inɡa
• Hyphenation: si‧rìn‧ga

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”).

Noun

siringa f (plural siringhe)

1. syringe
2. piping bag, forcing bag
3. syrinx, panpipe

Alternative forms

• sciringa, scilinga (obsolete)

Descendants

• → Armenian: (Constantinople) շիլինկա (šilinka), (Van) շիրինգա (širinga)
• → Ottoman Turkish: شرنغه (şırınga), شرنغا (şırınga), شرنقه (şırınka), شرینغه (şırınga)
  • Turkish: şırınga
  • → Azerbaijani: şırınqa
• → Tigrinya: ሲሪንጋ (siringa)

Further reading

• siringa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

siringa

1. inflection of siringare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Sagrini

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian siringa, from Latin syrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈrɪn.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnɡa

Noun

siringa f (plural siringi)

1. syringe

See also

• labra

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈriŋɡa/

Noun

siringa f (plural siringhe)

1. syringe