Etymology

From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria (Modern zanahoria), from Andalusian Arabic *[script needed] ‎(safunnárya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة ‎(ʾisfanāriyya), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ‎(staphulínē) ἀγρία ‎(agría).

Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian cenahoria, Spanish zanahoria, Catalan safanòria and Basque azenario.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ˈno(w).ɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ˈno(w).ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: ce‧nou‧ra