sequoia

See also: Sequoia, sequóia, and séquoia

English
Lower trunk of Sequoia sempervirens

Etymology

From translingual Sequoia.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /səˈkwɔɪ.ə/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /sɪˈkwɔɪ.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə

Noun

sequoia (plural sequoias)

  1. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
  2. Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English sequoia, named after Cherokee polymath Sequoyah.

Pronunciation

Noun

sequoia f (plural sequoies)

  1. coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
  2. giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
    Synonyms: sequoia gegant, sequoia vermella

Further reading

Italian

Noun

sequoia f (plural sequoie)

  1. sequoia (tree)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈkwɔj.ɐ/ [seˈkwɔɪ̯.ɐ], /seˈkɔj.ɐ/ [seˈkɔɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈkwɔj.a/ [seˈkwɔɪ̯.a], /seˈkɔj.a/ [seˈkɔɪ̯.a]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈkwɔj.ɐ/, /sɨˈkɔj.ɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
  • Hyphenation: se‧quoi‧a

Noun

sequoia f (plural sequoias)

  1. sequoia; redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, a very large coniferous tree of North America)
    Synonym: wellingtónia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Sequoia.

Noun

sequoia m (plural sequoia)

  1. sequoia

Declension
Declension of sequoia
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sequoia sequoiaul (niște) sequoia sequoiai
genitive/dative (unui) sequoia sequoiaului (unor) sequoia sequoialor
vocative sequoiaule sequoialor
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