lavanda

See also: lavandă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lavanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ləˈβan.də]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ləˈvan.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [laˈvan.da]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

lavanda f (plural lavandes)

1. lavender

   Synonym: espígol

2. lavender water

   Synonym: aigua de lavanda

Derived terms

• aigua de lavanda
• lavandí

Further reading

• “lavanda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavanda.

Noun

lavanda f (plural lavandes) (ORB, broad)

1. lavender

References

• lavanda in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Italian

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lavanda

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Etymology 1

From Latin lavanda, from lavandus.

Noun

lavanda f (plural lavande)

1. wash, washing
2. (medicine) lavage

Related terms

• lavandaia
• lavanderia
• lavandino
• lavare

Etymology 2

Noun

lavanda f (plural lavande)

1. lavender

   Synonym: lavandula

Related terms

• lavandeto

Descendants

• → Catalan: lavanda
• → French: lavande
  • → Romanian: lavandă
• → Ottoman Turkish: لاوانطه, لاوانده (lavanda), لوانده (lavanda), لوانطه (lavanda, lavanta)
  • Turkish: lavanta
• → Portuguese: lavanda
• → Spanish: lavanda

Anagrams

• vandala

Latin

Participle

lavanda

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

Participle

lavandā

1. ablative feminine singular of lavandus

Portuguese

Etymology

From French lavande or Italian lavanda.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈvɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈvɐ̃.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈvɐ̃.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈvɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈvɐ̃.dɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈbɐ̃.dɐ/ [lɐˈβɐ̃.dɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧van‧da

Noun

lavanda f (plural lavandas)

1. lavender (plant and flower)

   Synonym: alfazema

2. lavender (color)

Further reading

• “lavanda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laˈvanda]

Noun

lavanda f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lavandă

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lavande or Italian lavanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈbanda/ [laˈβ̞ãn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: la‧van‧da

Noun

lavanda f (plural lavandas)

1. lavender (plant and flower)

   Synonyms: alhucema, cantueso, lavándula, espliego

2. lavender (color)

Derived terms

• de lavanda (“lavender”) (adj.)

Further reading

• “lavanda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024