alună

See also: aluna and alunã

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *abellona, from Latin abellāna, from a city in Italy known as Abella or Avella. Compare Aromanian alunã, Occitan aulana, Portuguese avelã, Spanish avellana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlu.nə/

• Audio:

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Noun

alună f (plural alune)

1. hazelnut
2. (in some cases) peanut
3. (slang) testicle

Usage notes

The standard meaning of this word is the hazelnut. (The tree itself is called fundici.) In some contexts it may refer to a peanut, as a shortening of alună de pământ or alună americană, also known as arahidă.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alună	aluna		alune	alunele
genitive-dative	alune	alunei		alune	alunelor
vocative	alună, aluno			alunelor

Derived terms

• alun
• alunar
• alună de pământ
• alună americană
• alunea
• aluniță

See also

• nucă