avelã

See also: avela

Portuguese

avelãs

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from Abella (“Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy”).

Cognate with Galician abelá, Spanish avellana, Occitan avelana and Romanian alună.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.veˈlɐ̃/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɨˈlɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɨˈlɐ̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈlɐ̃/ [ɐ.βɨˈlɐ̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃
• Hyphenation: a‧ve‧lã

Noun

avelã f (plural avelãs)

1. hazel (nut)

Related terms

• aveleira