naranjilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish naranjilla.

Noun

naranjilla (plural naranjillas)

1. Solanum quitoense, a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.
2. The edible fruit of this plant.

Spanish

Etymology

From naranja (“orange”) +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /naɾanˈxiʝa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /naɾanˈxiʝa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /naɾanˈxiʎa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /naɾanˈxiʃa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /naɾanˈxiʒa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: na‧ran‧ji‧lla

Noun

naranjilla f (plural naranjillas)

1. a naranjilla (subtropical plant)
2. a naranjilla (fruit)

   Synonyms: lulo, quito quito

Further reading

• “naranjilla”, 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