alcana

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin alcanna, from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈkɐ̃.nɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈkɐ̃.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈkɐ̃.nɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈkɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈkɐ.na/ [aʊ̯ˈkɐ.na]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈkɐ.nɐ/ [aɫˈkɐ.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈkɐ.nɐ/ [aɫˈkɐ.nɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈka.nɐ/ [aɫˈka.nɐ]

Noun

alcana f (plural alcanas)

1. alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin alcanna, from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ). Doublet of alheña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈkana/ [alˈka.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: al‧ca‧na

Noun

alcana f (plural alcanas)

1. privet

   Synonym: alheña

Further reading

• “alcana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16