acacia
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/, /əˈkeɪ.sjə/Category:English 3-syllable words#ACACIACategory:English 3-syllable words#ACACIACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/Category:English 3-syllable words#ACACIACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ACACIAAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃəCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃə#ACACIACategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃə/3 syllables#ACACIA
Etymology 1
From LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#ACACIACategory:English terms derived from Latin#ACACIA acacia, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACACIA ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ACACIA *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-GreekCategory:English terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate#ACACIA word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassieCategory:English doublets#ACACIA.
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ACACIACategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-#ACACIANoun
acacia (countable and uncountable, plural acacias or acaciae)Category:English lemmas#ACACIACategory:English nouns#ACACIACategory:English uncountable nouns#ACACIACategory:English countable nouns#ACACIACategory:English countable nouns#ACACIACategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#ACACIACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#ACACIA) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- 1997, Kenneth M. Old, Ian A. Hood, Zi Qing Yuan, Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Northern Queensland, K. M. Old, Su Lee See, J. K. Sharma (editors), Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (South Sumatra) 28 April - 2 May 1996, page 1,
- The latter species was collected only once in this survey on A. flavescens but is widespread on both tropical and temperate acacias in Australia.
- 1997, Kenneth M. Old, Ian A. Hood, Zi Qing Yuan, Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Northern Queensland, K. M. Old, Su Lee See, J. K. Sharma (editors), Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (South Sumatra) 28 April - 2 May 1996, page 1,
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#ACACIA, pharmacyCategory:en:Pharmacy#ACACIA) The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia niloticaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acacia%20nilotica, Egyptian acaciaCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Egyptian%20acacia). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- A false acacia; robinia treeCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#robinia%20tree (Robinia pseudoacacia). [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#ACACIA) Gum arabic; gum acacia. [First attested in the early 19th century.][1]
- (loosely) Any of several related trees, such as a locust tree.
- A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.acacia:
Synonyms
- (shrub or tree of the genus Acacia): wattle (Australian varieties), thorntreeCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#thorntree, whistling thornCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#whistling%20thorn
- (inspissated juice of several species of Acacia): gum acacia, gum arabic
Derived terms
- acacetin
- Acacia Avenue
- Acacia Creek
- Acacia Gardens
- acacia gum
- Acacia Hills
- acacialike
- acacia pied barbet
- Acacia Ridge
- acacia tit (Melaniparus thruppiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Melaniparus%20thruppi)
- acacia veld
- acaciin
- acacin
- false acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- gum acacia
- kangaroo acacia (Acacia paradoxaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acacia%20paradoxa)
- Karoo acacia (Vachellia karrooCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Vachellia%20karroo)
- Lower Acacia Creek
- paradox acacia (Acacia paradoxaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acacia%20paradoxa)
- rose acacia
- rose-acacia (Robinia hispidaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Robinia%20hispida)
- soap acacia (Senegalia rugataCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Senegalia%20rugata)
- stinking acacia (Acacia acuminataCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acacia%20acuminata)
- yellow acacia (Acacia auriculiformisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acacia%20auriculiformis)
Descendants
- → Pohnpeian: akesia
Translations
References
- “acacia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
UnknownCategory:English terms with unknown etymologies#ACACIA.
Noun
acacia (plural acacias)Category:English lemmas#ACACIACategory:English nouns#ACACIACategory:English countable nouns#ACACIACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA
- (historyCategory:en:History#ACACIA, classical studiesCategory:en:Classical studies#ACACIA) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
References
Further reading
Acacia in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)- Acacia in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.
Category:en:Acacias#ACACIA
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from SpanishCategory:Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish#ACACIACategory:Chavacano terms derived from Spanish#ACACIA acacia (“acacia”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkasja/, [aˈka.ʃa]Category:Chavacano terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
- Hyphenation: aca‧cia
Noun
acaciaCategory:Chavacano lemmas#ACACIACategory:Chavacano nouns#ACACIACategory:Chavacano entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA
- acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Latin#ACACIACategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#ACACIA acacia, from Ancient GreekCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACACIA ἀκακία (akakía). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Category:Requests for expansion of etymologies in Dutch entries#ACACIA
Category:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ACACIACategory:Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-#ACACIAPronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːˈkaː.si.aː/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#ACACIAAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: aca‧cia
Noun
acacia m (plural acacia's, diminutive acaciaatje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#ACACIACategory:Dutch nouns#ACACIACategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#ACACIACategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:Dutch masculine nouns#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA
- Category:nl:Acacias#ACACIAa shrub or tree of a species that belongs to the genus Acacia
- any plant resembling an acacia
- Category:nl:Legumes#ACACIA(particularly) synonym of robinia (“Robinia pseudoacacia”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: akasia
Further reading
acacia on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
Pronunciation
Noun
acacia m (plural acacias)Category:French lemmas#ACACIACategory:French nouns#ACACIACategory:French countable nouns#ACACIACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:French masculine nouns#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA
Descendants
- → Moore: kasɩya
Further reading
- “acacia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Italian terms borrowed from Latin#ACACIACategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#ACACIA acācia, from Ancient GreekCategory:Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACACIA ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”). Doublet of gaggiaCategory:Italian doublets#ACACIA.
Pronunciation
Noun
acacia f (plural acacie)Category:Italian lemmas#ACACIACategory:Italian nouns#ACACIACategory:Italian countable nouns#ACACIACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:Italian feminine nouns#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA
- acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae), particularly:
- 1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 13:
- L’Acacia (ſecõdo Dioſcoride) è vn’arbuſcello d'Egitto, ſpinoſo, di rami folto, il quale non creſce in alto, e fa i fiori bianchiCategory:Italian terms with quotations#ACACIA
- The acacia (according to Dioscorides) is an Egyptian sapling, thorny, with many branches, that does not develop in height, and makes white flowers
- silver wattle (Acacia dealbataCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acacia%20dealbata)
- Mount Morgan wattleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Mount%20Morgan%20wattle (Acacia podalyriifoliaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acacia%20podalyriifolia)
- sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana)
- Synonym: gaggia
- black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Synonym: robinia
Further reading
- acacia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Category:it:Legumes#ACACIALatin
Etymology
From Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACACIA ἀκακία (akakía), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkaː.ki.a]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#ACACIACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈkaː.t͡ʃi.a]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#ACACIACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
Noun
acācia f (genitive acāciae)Category:Latin lemmas#ACACIACategory:Latin nouns#ACACIACategory:Latin first declension nouns#ACACIACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#ACACIACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:Latin feminine nouns#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA; first declension
- the gum arabic treeCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#gum%20arabic%20tree (Vachellia nilotica, syn. Acacia niloticaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Acacia%20nilotica).
- the juice or gum of this plant.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkaː.ki.aː]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#ACACIACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈkaː.t͡ʃi.a]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#ACACIACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
Noun
acāciā fCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#ACACIACategory:Latin noun forms#ACACIACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA
References
- “acacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "acacia", 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)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#ACACIACategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#ACACIA acacia or FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#ACACIACategory:Romanian terms derived from French#ACACIA acacia. Doublet of acațCategory:Romanian doublets#ACACIA (“black locust”).
Noun
acacia f (plural acacii)Category:Romanian lemmas#ACACIACategory:Romanian nouns#ACACIACategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#ACACIACategory:Romanian countable nouns#ACACIACategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:Romanian feminine nouns#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA
- shrubs or trees of the genus Acacia
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Category:Requests for inflections in Romanian noun entries#ACACIACategory:Requests for inflections in Romanian entries#ACACIA Category:ro:Mimosa subfamily plants#ACACIASpanish
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#ACACIACategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#ACACIA acacia, from Ancient GreekCategory:Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACACIA ἀκακία (akakía, “thorny Egyptian tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkaθja/ [aˈka.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ACACIACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
- IPA(key): /aˈkasja/ [aˈka.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ACACIACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ACACIA
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#ACACIAAudio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -aθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Rhymes:Spanish/aθja#ACACIACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aθja/3 syllables#ACACIA
- Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Rhymes:Spanish/asja#ACACIACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/asja/3 syllables#ACACIA
- Syllabification: a‧ca‧cia
Noun
acacia f (plural acacias)Category:Spanish lemmas#ACACIACategory:Spanish nouns#ACACIACategory:Spanish countable nouns#ACACIACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ACACIACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#ACACIACategory:Pages with entries#ACACIACategory:Pages with 8 entries#ACACIA
- acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “acacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025