name
Meaning 1
A surname from Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Shea
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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shā
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/ʃeɪ/
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rhymes with -eɪ
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homophone: chez
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homophone: shay
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homophone: Shay
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homophone: Shaye
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/ʃi/
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/ʃi.ə/
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/ʃɪə/
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rhymes with -iːə
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CMU ARPABET: SH EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shea nut
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Anglicised from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
Borrowed from Bambara si.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Adele: dɩdɩnpɔ — tree
- Aja (West Africa): ayɔ — tree
- Ashe: ijajar — tree
- Bafanji: mbʉʉ — tree
- Basaa: njàp — tree
- Bissa: kur — tree
- Buli (Ghana): cham — tree
- Catalan: karité — tree
- Chinese Mandarin: 乳油木 — tree
- Chumburung: kuroŋku — tree
- Dutch: Sheaboom — tree
- Dyula: si — tree
- Dyula: sisun — tree
- Esperanto: buterarbo — tree
- Farefare: tã'aŋa — tree
- Finnish: voipuu — tree
- French: karité — tree
- Fula: kaareehi — tree
- Fungwa: jígò — tree
- Saxwe Gbe: limitin — tree
- German: Karitébaum — tree
- Gourmanchéma: sàànbu — tree
- Hausa: kaɗanya — tree
- Ifè: ɛmɛ — tree
- Italian: karité — tree
- Japanese: シアーバターノキ (shiābatāno-ki) — tree
- Kabiye: somuu — tree
- Kasem: sɔŋɔ — tree
- Lela: rìgá̱ — tree
- Lithuanian: afrikinis sviestmedis — tree
- Mbelime: càǹbù — tree
- Moore: taanga — tree
- Nawuri: kʋdʋnpɔɔ — tree
- Nkonya: klenku oyi — tree
- Portuguese: carité — tree
- Russian: де́рево Ши (dérevo Ši) — tree
- Senoufo Djimini: letige — tree
- Spanish: karité — tree
- Swedish: sheanötsträd — tree
- Turka: mũsũɔ̃gu — tree
- Bambara: kɔlɔ — fruit
- Bissa: ɲɔɔr — fruit
- Buli (Ghana): jigsidi — fruit
- Buli (Ghana): bakesing — fruit
- Buli (Ghana): bagiak — fruit
- Buli (Ghana): pileri — fruit
- Cerma: musɛ̃lle — fruit
- Cerma: berre — fruit
- Chumburung: kigyamwee — fruit
- Chumburung: kigyamuree — fruit
- Chumburung: ke̱le̱ŋpɔ — fruit
- Dagbani: taani — fruit
- Dyula: kɔlɔ — fruit
- Dyula: sikɔlɔ — fruit
- Dyula: simɔ — fruit
- Ifè: kpótsa — fruit
- Finnish: voipuun pähkinä — fruit
- Fula: holoore — fruit
- Fula: haareere — fruit
- Saxwe Gbe: limikun — fruit
- Gourmanchéma: sànkpèbu — fruit
- Gourmanchéma: sàànli — fruit
- Gourmanchéma: sàngbángu — fruit
- Gourmanchéma: sànkááli — fruit
- Gourmanchéma: sànguoli — fruit
- Hausa: kaɗanya — fruit
- Kabiye: cʋnɛ — fruit
- Kabiye: aga — fruit
- Kabiye: sʋŋgbaɖʋʋ — fruit
- Kasem: sɩʋ — fruit
- Kasem: swɛn — fruit
- Kasem: baguə — fruit
- Mbelime: wùòfɛ̀ — fruit
- Moore: taamde — fruit
- Moore: zoonfo — fruit
- Moore: zũunfu — fruit
- Senoufo Djimini: logombyɔ — fruit
- Senoufo Djimini: logolo — fruit
- Senoufo Djimini: lopɛrɛgɛ — fruit
- Swedish: sheanöt — fruit
- Turka: viiri — fruit