Noun: anjova
Gender: f
Hyphenation: an‧jo‧va
| Singular f | anjova |
| Plural f | anjovas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like anjova
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan anxova (“anchovy”), in turn from Spanish anchova, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē, “small fry”). Doublet of anchoa and anchova. See: Catalan Nouns '
anxova', Spanish Nouns '
anchova', Latin Nouns '
aphyē', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἀφύη'.
Translations