orellana
See also: Orellana
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [u.ɾəˈʎa.nə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾəˈʎa.nə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.ɾeˈʎa.na]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
orellana f (plural orellanes)
- (usually in the plural) a strip of dried apricot, peach, or pear
- (Balearic) a sweetened strip of fried dough
- (botany) an oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
- Synonyms: auriana, pollancró, gírgola orellana
Further reading
- “orellana”, 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
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾeˈʝana/ [o.ɾeˈʝa.na] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /oɾeˈʎana/ [o.ɾeˈʎa.na] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /oɾeˈʃana/ [o.ɾeˈʃa.na] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /oɾeˈʒana/ [o.ɾeˈʒa.na] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: o‧re‧lla‧na
Noun
orellana m or f by sense (plural orellanas)
Adjective
orellana
- feminine singular of orellano
Further reading
- “orellana”, 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