anguria
Galician
Etymology
Ultimately from Ecclesiastical Latin agonia, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía); compare Catalan angúnia.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋˈɡuɾja̝/
Noun
anguria m (plural angurias)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “anguria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “anguria”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “engurria”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Italian
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) (plural ἀγγούρια (angoúria)). Probably originally meaning “cucumber”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈɡu.rja/
- Rhymes: -urja
- Hyphenation: an‧gù‧ria
Noun
anguria f (plural angurie) (originally northern Italian)
- watermelon
- Synonym: cocomero
Usage notes
- The term anguria, traditionally considered regional,[1] can be increasingly found beyond its traditional area, especially in the written language: cocomero is extremery rare in its literal meaning in northern Italy, and, elsewhere, it is popularly perceieved by speakers as being a less formal synonym of anguria.
References
Further reading
- anguria in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- anguria in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- anguria in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- anguria in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- angùria in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin angūria
Borrowed from Italian anguria.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aŋˈɡuː.ri.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aŋˈɡuː.ri.a]
Noun
angūria f (genitive angūriae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) watermelon (fruit and plant)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | angūria | angūriae |
| genitive | angūriae | angūriārum |
| dative | angūriae | angūriīs |
| accusative | angūriam | angūriās |
| ablative | angūriā | angūriīs |
| vocative | angūria | angūriae |