cenoura

Portuguese

cenouras

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria (Modern zanahoria), from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة‎ (ʾisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic: سفنّاريّة‎ (sfənnāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría).

Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian cenahoria, Spanish zanahoria, Catalan safanòria and Basque azenario.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ˈno(w).ɾɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ˈno(w).ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ce‧nou‧ra

Noun

cenoura f (plural cenouras)

  1. carrot
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