avena

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin avēna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈve.na/ Rhymes: -ena Hyphenation: a‧vé‧na === Noun === avena f (plural avene) oats == Latin == === Etymology === Probably a non-Indo-European substrate word. Cognate with Lithuanian aviža, Latvian auzas, and Proto-Slavic *ovьsъ. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈweː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈvɛː.na] === Noun === avēna f (genitive avēnae); first declension oats wild oats straw A shepherd's pipe ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== avēnāceus avēnārius ==== 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “avena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbena/ [aˈβ̞e.na] Rhymes: -ena Syllabification: a‧ve‧na === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin avēna. ==== Noun ==== avena f (plural avenas) oat oats oatmeal porridge ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== avena inflection of avenar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “avena”, 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