xeringa

• xiringa
• siringa

• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɾinɡa/ [ʃeˈɾiŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -inɡa
• Syllabification: xe‧rin‧ga

xeringa f (plural xeringues)

1. syringe

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “xeringa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “xeringa”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of siringa.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃəˈɾiŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃeˈɾiŋ.ɡa], [ʃeˈɾiŋ.ɡa]

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xeringa f (plural xeringues)

1. syringe
2. (colloquial) garden hose, firehose

   Synonym: mànega

3. (botany) squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)

   Synonym: cogombre salvatge

• injecció f

• Hyphenation: xe‧rin‧ga

xeringa f (plural xeringas)

1. alternative form of xiringa