cúrcuma
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkur.ku.mə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkuɾ.ku.ma]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
cúrcuma f (plural cúrcumes)
Further reading
- “cúrcuma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkuʁ.ku.mɐ/ [ˈkuh.ku.mɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈkuɾ.ku.mɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkuʁ.ku.mɐ/ [ˈkuχ.ku.mɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈkuɻ.ku.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkuʁ.ku.ma/ [ˈkuh.ku.ma]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkuɾ.ku.mɐ/
Noun
cúrcuma f (plural cúrcumas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- alternative form of curcuma (“tumeric”)
Further reading
- “cúrcuma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuɾkuma/ [ˈkuɾ.ku.ma]
- Rhymes: -uɾkuma
- Syllabification: cúr‧cu‧ma
Noun
cúrcuma f (plural cúrcumas)
Further reading
- “cúrcuma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025