maranta
See also: Maranta
English
Noun
maranta (plural marantas)
- Any of the family Marantaceae of plants
- arrowroot plant (Maranta arundinacea)
- Arrowroot starch, traditional and commonly made from Maranta arundinacea.
References
- “maranta”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- maranta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- maranta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:maranta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
French
Noun
maranta m or f (plural marantas)
Further reading
- “maranta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Italian
Etymology
From translingual Maranta, named after Italian physician and botanist Bartolomeo Maranta (1500–1571).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈran.ta/
- Rhymes: -anta
- Hyphenation: ma‧ràn‧ta
Noun
maranta f (plural marante)
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈɾanta/ [maˈɾãn̪.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -anta
- Syllabification: ma‧ran‧ta
Noun
maranta f (plural marantas)
- arrowroot
- Synonyms: guapo, sagú, planta obediente
Further reading
- “maranta”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Turkish
Etymology
From translingual Maranta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ɾanˈta/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ran‧ta
Noun
maranta (definite accusative marantayı, plural marantalar)
- maranta, arrowroot, any large, perennial plant of the species Maranta arundinacea
- Synonym: ararot kamışı
Declension
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Further reading
- “maranta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “maranta”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “maranta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3060