chirimoya

English

Noun

chirimoya (plural chirimoyas)

1. Alternative form of cherimoya

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua chirimuya.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʝa/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈmo.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʝa/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈmo.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʃa/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈmo.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʒa/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈmo.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: chi‧ri‧mo‧ya

Noun

chirimoya f (plural chirimoyas)

1. the fruit of the chirimoyo, the cherimoya

Derived terms

• chirimoyo

 

Descendants

• → Basque: txirimoia
• → Catalan: xirimoia
• → English: cherimoya
• → French: chérimole
• → Italian: cirimoia

Further reading

• “chirimoya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28