acetosa

Italian

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃeˈto.za/, (traditional) /a.t͡ʃeˈto.sa/
• Rhymes: -oza, (traditional) -osa
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tó‧sa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin acētōsus, from Latin acētum.

Noun

acetosa f (plural acetose)

1. sorrel (Rumex acetosella)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

acetosa

1. feminine singular of acetoso

Further reading

• acetosa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• acetosa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• acetosa in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• acetosa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• acetosa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• acetosa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• acētōsa:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.keːˈtoː.sa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.t͡ʃeˈtɔː.s̬a]
• acētōsā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.keːˈtoː.saː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.t͡ʃeˈtɔː.s̬a]

Adjective

acētōsa

1. inflection of acētōsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

acētōsā

1. ablative feminine singular of acētōsus

References

• "acetosa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin acētōsus, from Latin acētum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.seˈto.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.seˈto.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.seˈto.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨˈto.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧to‧sa

Noun

acetosa f (plural acetosas)

1. sorrel (plant)

   Synonym: azeda

Further reading

• “acetosa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “acetosa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “acetosa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “acetosa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “acetosa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “acetosa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin acētōsus, from Latin acētum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθeˈtosa/ [a.θeˈt̪o.sa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aseˈtosa/ [a.seˈt̪o.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧to‧sa

Noun

acetosa f (plural acetosas)

1. sorrel (plant)

   Synonym: acedera

Further reading

• “acetosa”, 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