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lentilha.

lentil (plant Lens culinaris)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/lẽˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/Brazil/lẽˈti.ʎɐ/Portugal

  1. lentil (plant Lens culinaris)

    feminine

  2. lentil bean

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese lentilha (compare Galician lentella), from Vulgar Latin *lenticla (compare Spanish lenteja, Catalan llentilla), from syncopation of Latin lenticula (“lentil”), diminutive of lēns (“lentil bean”). Compare lentícula, a borrowed doublet; cf. also lenticela.

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