ginja
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown, but compare French guigne.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒĩ.ʒɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒĩ.ʒa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʒĩ.ʒɐ/
- Hyphenation: gin‧ja
Noun
ginja f (plural ginjas)
- sour cherry (fruit of the Prunus cerasus tree)
- (by extension) a liqueur produced from the fruits
- Synonym: ginjinha
Derived terms
Further reading
- ginjinha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
- ginja on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
- “ginja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ginja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “ginja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026