different between avena vs avenaceous

Italian

Etymology

From Latin av?na.

Noun

avena f (plural avene)

1. oats

Latin

Etymology

Probably a non-Indo-European substrate word. Cognate with Lithuanian aviža, Latvian auzas, and Proto-Slavic *ov?s?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?u?e?.na/, [ä?u?e?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?ve.na/, [??v??n?]

Noun

av?na f (genitive av?nae); first declension

1. oats
2. wild oats
3. straw
4. A shepherd's pipe

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• av?n?ceus
• av?n?rius

Descendants

References

• avena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• avena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• avena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• avena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin av?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bena/, [a???e.na]

Noun

avena f (plural avenas)

1. oat
2. oats
3. oatmeal porridge

Derived terms

Further reading

• “avena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Latin avena +? -aceous

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

avenaceous (comparative more avenaceous, superlative most avenaceous)

1. Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.

Related terms

• avena