jacaranda

See also: Jacaranda and jacarandá

English

Etymology

From Portuguese jacarandá, from Old Tupi îacaranda.

Noun

jacaranda (plural jacarandas)

2. Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers. In horticultural use refers specifically to Jacaranda mimosifolia.
   • 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 147:

     They passed slowly under the jacaranda trees beginning to bloom lavender over their heads.

3. The hard, dark wood of these trees.
4. A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably Dalbergia frutescens, Dalbergia nigra and Dalbergia refusa.

Translations

tree

• Catalan: xicranda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍花楹屬／蓝花楹属 (zh) (lánhuāyíng shǔ)

• Finnish: jakaranda (fi)
• French: jacaranda (fr) m
• Hebrew: סיגלון m (siglón), יקרנדה f (yakaránda)
• Old Tupi: îakarandá
• Portuguese: jacarandá (pt) m
• Romanian: palisandru (ro) m
• Russian: якара́нда (ru) f (jakaránda)
• Spanish: jacaranda f, jacarandá (es) m
• Swedish: jakaranda (sv) c
• Turkish: jakaranda

wood

• Catalan: xicranda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍花楹／蓝花楹 (zh) (lánhuāyíng)

• Finnish: jakaranda (fi)
• Russian: якара́нда (ru) f (jakaránda)
• Spanish: jacaranda f
• Swedish: jakaranda (sv)
• Turkish: jakaranda

trade name

• Finnish: jakaranda (fi)
• Turkish: jakaranda

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} jakaranda (sv) c

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ka.ʁɑ̃.da/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

jacaranda m (plural jacarandas)

1. jacaranda (Jacaranda)

   Hyponym: jacaranda à feuilles de mimosa

2. (Réunion) Synonym of jacaranda à feuilles de mimosa (Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don)

Related terms

• jacaranda à feuilles de mimosa

See also

• palissandre

Further reading

• “jacaranda” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “jacaranda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jacaranda.

Noun

jacaranda m (plural jacaranda)

1. jacaranda

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	jacaranda	jacarandaul		jacaranda	jacarandai
genitive-dative	jacaranda	jacarandaului		jacaranda	jacarandalor
vocative	jacarandaule			jacarandalor

Spanish

Noun

jacaranda f (plural jacarandas)

1. jacaranda

Adjective

jacaranda f

1. feminine singular of jacarando

Further reading

• “jacaranda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10