vinca

See also: Vinca, Vinça, and Vinçà

English

Etymology

From New Latin Vinca, from Late Latin pervinca.

Noun

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Wikipedia

vinca (plural vincas)

1. Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle

Anagrams

• Cavin, cavin

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbiŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈviŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈviŋ.ka]

Noun

vinca f (plural vinques)

1. vinca

   Synonym: pervinca

Hyponyms

• herba donzella
• vinca petita
• vincapervinca

Derived terms

• vinca petita

Further reading

• “vinca”, 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

Italian

Verb

vinca

1. inflection of vincere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.ka/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.kɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbĩ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: vin‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin Vinca.

Noun

vinca f (plural vincas)

1. (botany) rosy periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)

   Synonyms: boas-noites, vinca-de-madagáscar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

Verb

vinca

1. inflection of vincar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “vinca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “vinca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025