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ameixa.

plum (fruit)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈme(j).ʃɐ/Brazil[aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]Brazil/ɐˈmɐj.ʃɐ/Portugal/ɐˈmej.ʃɐ/Northern, Portugal

  1. plum (fruit)

    feminine

  2. firearms bullet

    feminine · informal

  3. hand grenade

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *damascĭna-, for Latin damascēna (prūna) ("plums from Damascus"), whence English damson. Loss of initial d- probably due to metanalysis as the preposition de (dameixa → d'ameixa → de ameixa).

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