alcarceña

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الكَرْسَنَّة (al-karsanna, “bitter vetch”), via Andalusian Arabic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alkaɾˈθeɲa/ [al.kaɾˈθe.ɲa] (Spain) IPA(key): /alkaɾˈseɲa/ [al.kaɾˈse.ɲa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɲa Syllabification: al‧car‧ce‧ña === Noun === alcarceña f (plural alcarceñas) bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Corriente, Federico (2008), “alcarceña”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 79 === Further reading === “alcarceña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025