samara

See also: Samara, sámara, sâmara, Samāra, samară, samarą, Samarą, and səmərə

English

A samara from a maple tree.

Etymology

From Latin samara (“elm seed”), from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæmərə/, /səˈmɛrə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsæmərə/, /səˈmɛərə/

Noun

samara (plural samaras or samarae)

1. The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.
   • 1993, R. H. Richens, "Ulmaceae", pages 95-96 in, V. H. Heywood, ed., Flowering Plants of the World, updated edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 96:

     The fruit is a nut, samara or drupe, containing a single seed with a straight embryo and little or no endosperm.

   Synonyms: helicopter, polynose, whirligig, whirlybird

Translations

winged indehiscent fruit

• Belarusian: крыла́тка f (krylátka), кры́лаўка f (krýlaŭka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 翅果 (zh) (chìguǒ)

• Czech: dvounažka f
• Dutch: vleugelnoot (nl)
• Esperanto: samaro (eo)
• Estonian: tiibvili
• French: samare (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრთიანა (prtiana)
• German: Flügelnuss f, Samara (de) f
• Italian: samara f
• Japanese: 翼果 (ja) (よくか, yokuka, よっか, yokka)
• Korean: 시과 (sigwa)
• Polish: skrzydlak m
• Portuguese: sâmara f
• Russian: крыла́тка (ru) f (krylátka)
• Spanish: sámara (es) f
• Tagalog: pakpakbunga
• Ukrainian: крила́тка f (krylátka)
• Welsh: samara m

Anagrams

• Asmara, asrama

Balinese

Romanization

samara

1. Romanization of ᬲᬫᬭ

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin samara, from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

Noun

samara f (plural samare)

1. (botany) samara (winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple)

Anagrams

• Asmara

Latin

samarae

Alternative forms

• samera

Etymology

From Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

Noun

samara f (genitive samarae); first declension

1. the winged fruit of an elm tree
2. (New Latin, botany) samara

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	samara	samarae
Genitive	samarae	samarārum
Dative	samarae	samarīs
Accusative	samaram	samarās
Ablative	samarā	samarīs
Vocative	samara	samarae

References

• “samara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• samara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “samara”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “samara”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara, “hostile encounter, conflict, struggle, war, battle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ma.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: sa‧ma‧ra

Noun

samara

1. battle
2. battlefield

Derived terms

• samarabhūmi
• samaradeśa
• samaradhurandhara
• samarakrama
• samarakārya
• samaramadhya
• samaramaraṇa
• samaramaṇḍala
• samaratha
• samarājya
• samarāṅga
• samārambha

 

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬲᬫᬭ (samara, “battle”)

Further reading

• "samara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈma.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: sa‧ma‧ra
• Homophone: Samara

Etymology 1

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Noun

samara f (diminutive samarka)

1. (slang) ziploc bag
2. (prison slang) stomach, belly

Declension

Declension of samara

	singular	plural
nominative	samara	samary
genitive	samary	samar
dative	samarze	samarom
accusative	samarę	samary
instrumental	samarą	samarami
locative	samarze	samarach
vocative	samaro	samary

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Сама́ра (Samára), an oblast of Russia.

Noun

samara f

1. (colloquial) Lada Samara (series of small family cars produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ under the Lada brand between 1984 and 2013)

Declension

Declension of samara

	singular	plural
nominative	samara	samary
genitive	samary	samar
dative	samarze	samarom
accusative	samarę	samary
instrumental	samarą	samarami
locative	samarze	samarach
vocative	samaro	samary

Further reading

• samara in Polish dictionaries at PWN