ervilla

Galician

Alternative forms

ervilha (reintegrationist)

Noun

ervilla f (plural ervillas)

(cooking) pea (edible seed)
(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): (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]

(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)

vetch
Synonym: arveja
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

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