xeringa

Asturian

Alternative forms

• xiringa
• siringa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɾinɡa/ [ʃeˈɾiŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -inɡa
• Syllabification: xe‧rin‧ga

Noun

xeringa f (plural xeringues)

1. syringe

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “xeringa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “xeringa”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of siringa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃəˈɾiŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃeˈɾiŋ.ɡa], [ʃeˈɾiŋ.ɡa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

xeringa f (plural xeringues)

1. syringe
2. (colloquial) garden hose, firehose

   Synonym: mànega

3. (botany) squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)

   Synonym: cogombre salvatge

See also

• injecció f

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɾiŋɡa/ [ʃeˈɾiŋ.ɡɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ʃeˈɾiŋɡa/ [ʃeˈɾiŋ.ɡɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ʃeˈɾiŋħa/ [ʃeˈɾiŋ.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -iŋɡa

• Rhymes: -iŋɡa
• Rhymes: -iŋħa

• Hyphenation: xe‧rin‧ga

Noun

xeringa f (plural xeringas)

1. alternative form of xiringa