azeitona

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ‎‎ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.d͡zej.ˈto.na/

Noun

azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

  1. olive (fruit)

Descendants
  • Portuguese: azeitona

Further reading

Portuguese
azeitonas

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azeitona, from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ‎‎ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”).[1][2] Compare Asturian and Spanish aceituna.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.zejˈtõ.nɐ/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈtõ.nɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.zejˈto.na/ [a.zeɪ̯ˈto.na]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zɐjˈto.nɐ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zejˈto.nɐ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zeˈto.nɐ/

  • Hyphenation: a‧zei‧to‧na

Noun

azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

  1. olive (fruit)
    Synonym: oliva

See also

References
  1. “azeitona” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “azeitona” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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