lentilha
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese lentilha (compare Galician lentella), from Vulgar Latin *lenticla (compare Spanish lenteja, Catalan llentilla), from syncopation of Latin lenticula (“lentil”), diminutive of lēns (“lentil bean”). Compare lentícula, a borrowed doublet; cf. also lenticela.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iʎɐ
- Hyphenation: len‧ti‧lha
Noun
[edit]lentilha f (plural lentilhas)
- lentil (plant Lens culinaris)
- Synonym: lentilheira
- lentil bean
Related terms
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