Noun: acacia
Gender: f
Hyphenation: a‧cà‧cia
| Singular f | acacia |
| Plural f | acacie |
Sample Sentences
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L’Acacia (ſecõdo Dioſcoride) è vn’arbuſcello d'Egitto, ſpinoſo, di rami folto, il quale non creſce in alto, e fa i fiori bianchi (The acacia (according to Dioscorides) is an Egyptian sapling, thorny, with many branches, that does not develop in height, and makes white flowers) [1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 13:]
Nouns inflected like acacia
pervicacia,
pubalgia,
saglia,
paleornitologia,
soglia,
aghifoglia,
tarsalgia,
ufologia,
glaciologia,
stramaglia,
morfofonologia,
gastrorragia,
demoecologia,
alterigia,
ostetricia,
organologia,
erotologia,
graniglia,
laringologia,
bacologia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acācia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”). Doublet of gaggia. See: Latin Nouns '
acācia', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἀκακία'.
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