alcaravia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الكَرَاوِيَا (al-karāwiyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl.kə.ɾəˈβi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.kə.ɾəˈvi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.ka.ɾaˈvi.a]

Noun

alcaravia f (plural alcaravies)

1. caraway (plant)

   Synonym: comí de prat

2. caraway (seed-like fruit)

   Synonym: comí de prat

Further reading

• “alcaravia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “alcaravia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “alcaravia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alcaravia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic الكَرَاوِيَا (al-karāwiyā).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ka.ɾaˈvi.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.ka.ɾaˈvi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ka.ɾaˈvi.ɐ/ [aʊ̯.ka.ɾaˈvi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ka.ɾaˈvi.a/ [aʊ̯.ka.ɾaˈvi.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐ.ɾɐˈvi.ɐ/ [aɫ.kɐ.ɾɐˈvi.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐ.ɾɐˈvi.ɐ/ [aɫ.kɐ.ɾɐˈvi.ɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐ.ɾɐˈbi.ɐ/ [aɫ.kɐ.ɾɐˈβi.ɐ]

Noun

alcaravia f (plural alcaravias)

1. caraway (plant)

   Synonym: cariz

2. caraway (seed/fruit)

   Synonym: cariz

Further reading

• “alcaravia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.