açaí
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]açaí (plural açaís)
- Alternative spelling of acai
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Nheengatu wasaí.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]açaí m (plural açaís)
- acai palm (Euterpe oleracea)
- acai berry
- (by extension, uncountable) the puree made with this berry
- 2013, Sebastião Siqueira dos Santos, O Enigma Da Floresta, Clube de Autores, page 164:
- — Vamos chamar Wanda e as meninas e comer uma tigela de açaí! — Completou Alice.
- — Let's call Wanda and the girls and eat a bowl of açaí! — Finished Alice.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: acai, açai, açaí, ⇒ acai berry
- → French: açaï
- → Galician: azaí
- → German: Acai, Açaí, Açai, ⇒ Açaíbeere, Açaí-Beere, Acai-Beere, Acaibeere
- → Hunsrik: Assaih, ⇒ Assaihpallem
- → Japanese: アサイー (asaī)
- → Russian: аса́и (asái)
- → Spanish: asaí, azaí
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms spelled with Ç
- English terms spelled with Í
- English terms spelled with ◌̧
- English terms spelled with ◌́
- Portuguese terms derived from Araweté
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Portuguese terms derived from Nheengatu
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Nheengatu
- Portuguese terms derived from Urubú-Kaapor
- Portuguese terms derived from Guajajára
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/i
- Rhymes:Portuguese/i/3 syllables
- Portuguese terms with homophones
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- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese terms with quotations
- pt:Fruits
- pt:Palm trees