alfalfa

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish alfalfa, from Old Spanish alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa, “alfalfa, lucerne”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ælˈfælfə/ === Noun === alfalfa (countable and uncountable, plural alfalfas) (uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. Synonym: (British) lucerne (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 Category:Medicago sativa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons alfalfa at USDA Plants database alfalfa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. == Finnish == === Etymology === From Spanish alfalfa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑlfɑlfɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lfɑ̝lfɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑlfɑlfɑ Syllabification(key): al‧fal‧fa Hyphenation(key): al‧fal‧fa === Noun === alfalfa alfalfa ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== sinimailanen === Further reading === “alfalfa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Irish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English alfalfa, from Spanish alfalfa. === Noun === alfalfa m (genitive singular alfalfa) alfalfa, lucerne (Medicago sativa) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “alfalfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Italian == === Etymology === From Spanish alfalfa, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈfal.fa/ Rhymes: -alfa Hyphenation: al‧fàl‧fa === Noun === alfalfa f (uncountable) lucerne, alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Synonyms: erba medica, erba Spagna == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === alfarfa === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa). Cognate with Old Catalan alfalç and Old Spanish alfalfez. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈfalfa/ Rhymes: -alfa Hyphenation: al‧fal‧fa === Noun === alfalfa f (plural alfalfas) alfalfa (Medicago sativa) ==== Descendants ==== Galician: alfalfa, alforfa Portuguese: alfafa === References === Machado, José Pedro (1995), “alfalfa”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I (A–B), Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 189, column 2 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈfalfa/ [alˈfal.fa] Rhymes: -alfa Syllabification: al‧fal‧fa === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish alfalfez, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa). ==== Alternative forms ==== alfalfez (Argentina) ==== Noun ==== alfalfa f (plural alfalfas) alfalfa ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: alfalfa→ Irish: alfalfa→ Welsh: alffalffa → Italian: alfalfa → Tagalog: alpalpa === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== alfalfa inflection of alfalfar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “alfalfa”, 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