bellota
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic بَلُّوطَة (ballūṭa, “oak, acorn”), from Syriac ܒܠܘܛܐ.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈʎɔ.tə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [beˈʎɔ.ta]
=== Noun ===
bellota f (plural bellotes)
acorn (fruit of the oak)
Synonyms: gla, aglà
==== Alternative forms ====
abellota
=== See also ===
roure
alzina
=== Further reading ===
“bellota”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“bellota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“bellota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“bellota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic بَلُّوطَة (ballūṭa, “oak, acorn”), from Syriac ܒܠܘܛܐ.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ota
Syllabification: be‧llo‧ta
=== Noun ===
bellota f (plural bellotas)
acorn (fruit of the oak)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== See also ====
roble
=== Further reading ===
“bellota”, 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
=== Anagrams ===
botella