alquequenje
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Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French alkékenge, from Arabic الكَاكَنْج (al-kākanj).[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- (botany) bladder cherry; alkekengi (Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), a plant of southern Europe)
References
[edit]- ^ “alquequenge”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “alquequenge”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic الكَاكَنْج (al-kākanj, “bladder cherry”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alquequenje m (plural alquequenjes)
- bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi))
- Synonyms: vejiga de perro, halicácabo, farol chino
Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: alchechengi
Further reading
[edit]- “alquequenje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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- pt:Botany
- pt:Nightshades
- Spanish terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Rhymes:Spanish/enxe
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- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Nightshades