piassava
French, noun\pja.sa.va\
piassava is spelled P-I-A-S-S-A-V-A (8 letters). Piassava is a French masculine noun meaning “piassava (tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire de Attalea funifera, de la famille des Arecaceae (palmier) qui pousse au Brésil et au…”.
What does piassava mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepiassava (tree)
- 2
masculinepiassava (substance)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de Attalea funifera, de la famille des Arecaceae (palmier) qui pousse au Brésil et au Venezuela. 2. Fibre imputrescible issue de la base des pétioles de ce palmier dont on faisait des balais et des brosses.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of piassava
- piassavas plural
- piazava
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piassava?
- \pja.sa.va\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.