lentilha

Portuguese

lentilha

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lentilha (compare Galician lentella), from Vulgar Latin *lenticla (compare Spanish lenteja, Catalan llentilla), from syncopation of Latin lenticula (“lentil”), diminutive of lēns (“lentil bean”). Compare lentícula, a borrowed doublet; cf. also lenticela.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lẽˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lẽˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lẽˈt͡ʃi.ʎa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lẽˈti.ʎɐ/

• Rhymes: -iʎɐ
• Hyphenation: len‧ti‧lha

Noun

lentilha f (plural lentilhas)

1. lentil (plant Lens culinaris)

   Synonym: lentilheira

2. lentil bean

Related terms

• lente