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Uva


U′va

,
Noun.
[L., a grape.]
(Bot.)
A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.

Definition 2024


uva

uva

See also: UVA

English

Noun

uva (plural uvae or uvæ)

  1. (botany) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, such as a grape.


Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ūva.

Noun

uva f (plural uves)

  1. grape

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ūva.

Noun

uva f (plural uvas)

  1. grape

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ūva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.va/, [ˈuːvä]
  • Hyphenation: ù‧va

Noun

uva f (plural uve)

  1. grape
  2. (collective noun) grapes

Related terms

See also


Latin

ūvae (grapes)

Etymology

Some refer to ūmeō, others to Proto-Indo-European *ey- (multicolored, reddish), with Ancient Greek ὄα (óa, Sorbus domestica) as cognate.

Pronunciation 1

Noun

ūva f (genitive ūvae); first declension

  1. grape
  2. vocative singular of ūva
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ūva ūvae
genitive ūvae ūvārum
dative ūvae ūvīs
accusative ūvam ūvās
ablative ūvā ūvīs
vocative ūva ūvae

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Descendants

Pronunciation 2

Noun

ūvā

  1. ablative singular of ūva

References

  • Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Portuguese

uvas

Etymology

From Old Portuguese uva, from Latin ūva. Cognate with Galician uva, Spanish uva, Italian uva and Romanian auă.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈu.vɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈu.va/, /ˈu.vɐ/
  • Hyphenation: u‧va

Noun

uva f (plural uvas)

  1. grape (fruit).

Related terms

Descendants


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ūva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.ba/, [ˈu.βa], [ˈu.va]

Noun

uva f (plural uvas)

  1. grape

Derived terms