feijoa
English
Etymology
From the New Latin former genus name Feijoa, which was named after Portuguese botanist João da Silva Feijó by the German botanist Otto Karl Berg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feɪˈʒoʊ.ə/, /feɪˈd͡ʒoʊ.ə/, /feɪˈhoʊ.ə/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfiːd͡ʒɐʉ.ɐ/
Noun
feijoa (plural feijoas)
- A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).
- The green, ellipsoid fruit of this shrub, having a tart and sweet taste.
Synonyms
Translations
shrub
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fruit
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Finnish
Etymology
From translingual Feijoa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfei̯joɑ/, [ˈfe̞i̯j(ː)o̞ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -eijoɑ
- Syllabification(key): fei‧jo‧a
Declension
| Inflection of feijoa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | feijoa | feijoat | ||
| genitive | feijoan | feijoien | ||
| partitive | feijoaa | feijoia | ||
| illative | feijoaan | feijoiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | feijoa | feijoat | ||
| accusative | nom. | feijoa | feijoat | |
| gen. | feijoan | |||
| genitive | feijoan | feijoien feijoainrare | ||
| partitive | feijoaa | feijoia | ||
| inessive | feijoassa | feijoissa | ||
| elative | feijoasta | feijoista | ||
| illative | feijoaan | feijoiin | ||
| adessive | feijoalla | feijoilla | ||
| ablative | feijoalta | feijoilta | ||
| allative | feijoalle | feijoille | ||
| essive | feijoana | feijoina | ||
| translative | feijoaksi | feijoiksi | ||
| abessive | feijoatta | feijoitta | ||
| instructive | — | feijoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
- ananasguava (plant and fruit)
- feijoakasvi (plant)
Further reading
- “feijoa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fe(j)ˈʒo.ɐ/ [fe(ɪ̯)ˈʒo.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fe(j)ˈʒo.a/ [fe(ɪ̯)ˈʒo.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐjˈʒo.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /fejˈʒo(w).ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /fejˈʒo.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /feˈʒo.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: fei‧jo‧a
Spanish
Further reading
- “feijoa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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