ervilla

Galician

Alternative forms

• ervilha (reintegrationist)

Noun

ervilla f (plural ervillas)

1. (cooking) pea (edible seed)
2. (botany) pea (plant)

Spanish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from another Ibero-Romance language, from Latin ervilia. Doublet of arveja, the inherited Castilian form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eɾˈbiʝa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /eɾˈbiʝa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /eɾˈbiʎa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eɾˈbiʃa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eɾˈbiʒa/ [eɾˈβ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: er‧vi‧lla

Noun

ervilla f (plural ervillas)

1. vetch

   Synonym: arveja

2. pea

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “arveja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 368

Further reading

• “ervilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• villera