sierra

== Translingual == === Noun === sierra Alternative letter-case form of Sierra of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet. == English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish sierra, from Latin serra (“saw”), referring to the saw-tooth profile of the crestline of the range seen from a distance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /siˈɛɹə/ Rhymes: -ɛɹə === Noun === sierra (countable and uncountable, plural sierras) A rugged range of mountains. Holonym: cordillera Meronym: sawback (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. A scombroid fish. (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron. ==== Derived terms ==== Sierra County Sierra Leone Sierra Nevada ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === reairs, airers, 'Arries, iraser, Rieras, raiser, re-airs, arsier, arries == Aragonese == === Etymology === From Latin serra. === Noun === sierra f (plural sierras) mountain-range === References === Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “sierra”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN == Asturian == === Alternative forms === serra === Etymology === From Latin serra. === Noun === sierra f (plural sierres) saw (tool) ==== Related terms ==== serrar == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish sierra (“saw”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsjera/, [ˈʃe.ra] Hyphenation: con‧ver‧sa‧da === Noun === sierra (Caviteño, Zamboangueño) saw (tool) Synonym: (Cotabateño, Ternateño) lagari == French == === Noun === sierra f (plural sierras) (geography) sierra === Further reading === “sierra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish sierra. === Noun === sierra f (invariable) sierra === Anagrams === arresi, arrise, riarse, riresa, serrai == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsjera/ [ˈsje.ra] Rhymes: -era Syllabification: sie‧rra Homophone: (Latin America) cierra === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin serra. ==== Noun ==== sierra f (plural sierras) saw (tool) mountain range sawfish (Chile) snoek (Thyrsites atun) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: sierra === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== sierra inflection of serrar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “sierra”, 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