different between british vs alfalfa

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?i.ti?/

Adjective

british (invariable)

1. typically British

   Il est très british - he is a very typical Brit.

Further reading

• “british” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Adjective

british (invariable)

1. British

English

Etymology

From Spanish alfalfa, from early form alfalfez, from Arabic ????????????? (al-fi?fi?a), ????????????? (al-fa?fa?a, “alfalfa, lucerne”, literally “horse-food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æl?fælf?/

Noun

alfalfa (countable and uncountable, plural alfalfas)

1. (uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

   Synonym: (British) lucerne

2. (countable) A type or breed of this plant.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Irish: alfalfa
• ? Welsh: alffalffa

Translations

Further reading

• alfalfa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Medicago sativa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Medicago sativa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• alfalfa at USDA Plants database
• alfalfa on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Finnish

Noun

alfalfa

1. alfalfa

Declension

Synonyms

• sinimailanen

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alfalfa, from Spanish alfalfa.

Noun

alfalfa m (genitive singular alfalfa)

1. alfalfa, lucerne (Medicago sativa)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "alfalfa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• alfalfez (Argentina)

Etymology

From Arabic ????????????? (al-fi?fi?a), ????????????? (al-fa?fa?a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?falfa/, [al?fal.fa]

Noun

alfalfa f (plural alfalfas)

1. alfalfa

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: alfalfa
  • ? Irish: alfalfa
  • ? Welsh: alffalffa

Further reading

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