lenteja
Spanish
Alternative forms
- lanteja (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *lenticla, from syncopation of Latin lenticula (compare French lentille, Italian lenticchia, Portuguese lentilha), diminutive form of lēns, lentis (“lentil”). Doublet of lentilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lenˈtexa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪e.xa]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: len‧te‧ja
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: lentehas
Further reading
- “lenteja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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