flava

English

Etymology

Derhotacization of flavor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfleɪvə/

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• Homophone: flavor (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

flava (countable and uncountable, plural flavas)

1. (slang) flavor

Derived terms

• bongo flava
• Zenji flava

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flāvus. First attested in Zamenhof's Unua Libro (1887).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflava/

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• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: fla‧va

Adjective

flava (accusative singular flavan, plural flavaj, accusative plural flavajn)

1. yellow
   yellow:  

Derived terms

• flave (“yellowly”)
• flaveta (“yellowish”)
• flavi (“to be yellow”)
• flaviĝi (“to turn yellow”, intransitive verb)
• flavo (“the color yellow”)

See also

Colors in Esperanto · koloroj (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
ruĝa; karmezina	oranĝokolora; oranĝkolora; oranĝo; bruna	flava; kremkolora
limekolora	verda
cejanblua; turkisa	lazura	blua
violkolora; viola; indiga	magenta; purpura	rozokolora

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto flava, from Latin flāvus.

Adjective

flava

1. yellow

See also

Colors in Ido · kolori (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
reda; karmezina	oranjea; bruna	flava; kremea
limetea	verda
ciana	azurea	blua
violea; indigea	purpurea	rozea

Latin

Adjective

flāva

1. inflection of flāvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

flāvā

1. ablative feminine singular of flāvus

References

• "flava", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Adjective

flava f

1. feminine singular of flavo