senabre

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sināpi (“mustard”). The intrusive r is probably due to influence from other culinary words like ginebre (“juniper”), gingebre (“ginger”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈna.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈna.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈna.bɾe]

Noun

senabre m (plural senabres)

1. (obsolete) mustard

   Synonym: mostassa

Derived terms

• un senabre

Further reading

• “senabre”, 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