granadilla

English
An open Granadilla.
Granadilla flower (Passiflora edulis )

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

granadilla (plural granadillas)

  1. Any of several species of passion flowers of tropical America.
  2. The edible fruit of these plants. Alternative regional spelling grenadilla
    • 1852, Mrs. David Osborne, The World of Waters‎:
      On these plains, too, you will find the bushy oleander, many varieties of Jerusalem thorn and African rose, the bright scarlet of the cordium, bowers of jessamine, vines of grenadilla, and the silver and silky leaves of the portlandia.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish granadilla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑnɑdilːɑ/, [ˈɡrɑnɑˌdilːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ilːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): gra‧na‧dil‧la

Noun

granadilla

  1. (rare) passion fruit

Declension
Inflection of granadilla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative granadilla granadillat
genitive granadillan granadillojen
partitive granadillaa granadilloja
illative granadillaan granadilloihin
singular plural
nominative granadilla granadillat
accusative nom. granadilla granadillat
gen. granadillan
genitive granadillan granadillojen
granadillainrare
partitive granadillaa granadilloja
inessive granadillassa granadilloissa
elative granadillasta granadilloista
illative granadillaan granadilloihin
adessive granadillalla granadilloilla
ablative granadillalta granadilloilta
allative granadillalle granadilloille
essive granadillana granadilloina
translative granadillaksi granadilloiksi
instructive — granadilloin
abessive granadillatta granadilloitta
comitative — granadilloineen
Possessive forms of granadilla (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person granadillani granadillamme
2nd person granadillasi granadillanne
3rd person granadillansa

Spanish

Etymology

granada +‎ -illa

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡɾanaˈdiʝa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡɾanaˈdiʎa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡɾanaˈdiʃa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡɾanaˈdiʒa/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʒa]

 
  • (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: gra‧na‧di‧lla

Noun

granadilla f (plural granadillas)

  1. (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru) passion fruit, sweet granadilla, grenadia (specifically Passiflora ligularis)
    Synonyms: (Passiflora edulis) maracuyá, (Guatemala) granadilla común
  2. (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) Fruit from the granadillo tree, Platymiscium pinnatum.

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: granadilha

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