genciana

Catalan

Alternative forms

• gençana

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gentiāna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒən.siˈa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒen.siˈa.na]

Noun

genciana f (plural gencianes)

1. gentian

Derived terms

• genciana blava
• genciana groga
• violeta de genciana

Further reading

• “genciana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Noun

genciana f (plural gencianas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xenciana

Further reading

• “genciana” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xenˈθjana/ [xẽn̟ˈθja.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /xenˈsjana/ [xẽnˈsja.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: gen‧cia‧na

Noun

genciana f (plural gencianas)

1. gentian

Derived terms

• genciana nival

 

Further reading

• “genciana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10