lentilha

Portuguese

lentilha

Etymology

From Old Portuguese (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): /lẽ.ˈt͡ʃi.ʎa/, /lẽ.ˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/

Noun

lentilha f (plural lentilhas)

lentil (plant Lens culinaris)
lentil bean

Synonyms

(plant): lentilheira

Related terms

lente

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