chirimoya

English

Noun

chirimoya (plural chirimoyas)

Alternative form of cherimoya

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua chirimuya.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʝa/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈmo.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʃa/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈmo.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʒa/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈmo.ʒa]

Rhymes: -oʝa
Syllabification: chi‧ri‧mo‧ya

Noun

chirimoya f (plural chirimoyas)

the fruit of the chirimoyo, the cherimoya

Further reading

“chirimoya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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