anguria

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)

  1. (literary) anguish
    Synonym: angustia

References

  1. ^ 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)

  1. 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

  1. ^ angùria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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

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Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian anguria.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    angūria f (genitive angūriae); first declension

    1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) watermelon (fruit and plant)
      Synonyms: (fruit) citrullum, (plant) citrullus, (fruit and plant) adulāha, (fruit and plant) sandia

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative angūria angūriae
    genitive angūriae angūriārum
    dative angūriae angūriīs
    accusative angūriam angūriās
    ablative angūriā angūriīs
    vocative angūria angūriae