pitaya

English

Alternative forms

• pitahaya

Etymology

From American Spanish pitahaya, from Taíno [Term?].

Noun

pitaya (plural pitayas)

1. dragon fruit (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.).

Translations

dragon fruit — see dragon fruit

Anagrams

• atypia

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• pitahaya

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ya

Noun

pitaya

1. the dragon fruit

Dutch

Noun

pitaya m (plural pitaya's, diminutive pitayaatje n)

1. dragon fruit

Synonyms

• (dragon fruit): drakenvrucht

French

Alternative forms

• pitahaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ta.ja/

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Noun

pitaya f or m (plural pitayas)

1. pitaya, dragon fruit

   Synonym: fruit du dragon

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish pitaya.

Noun

pitaya f (plural pitayas)

1. Alternative spelling of pitaia

Spanish

Noun

pitaya f (plural pitayas)

1. Alternative form of pitahaya

Further reading

• “pitaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28