seringa

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese seringa.

Noun

seringa (plural seringas)

  1. A rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis).

Anagrams

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sering, from Latin sȳrinx. Doublet of seringue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.ʁɛ̃.ɡa/
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Noun

seringa m (plural seringas)

  1. sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius)
    Synonyms: jasmin des poètes, seringa ordinaire, seringa des jardins, seringa commun
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      La tendresse des anciens jours leur revenait au cœur, abondante et silencieuse comme la rivière qui coulait, avec autant de mollesse qu'en apportait le parfum des seringas, et projetait dans leur souvenir des ombres plus démesurées et plus mélancoliques que celles des saules immobiles qui s'allongeaient sur l'herbe.
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  2. hence any of several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus
  3. (uncommon) any of several flowering plants of the genus Syringa such as the lilacs

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Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ĩɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: se‧rin‧ga

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin syringa, from sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx). Doublet of siringe.

Noun

seringa f (plural seringas)

  1. syringe

Etymology 2

Noun

seringa m or f by sense (plural seringas)

  1. (colloquial) bore (boring person)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dutch sering.

Noun

seringa f (plural seringas)

  2. (Brazil) any of several flowering plant species in the genus Hevea (rubber trees)
    Synonym: seringueira
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: seringa

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