# acacia
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/, /əˈkeɪ.sjə/
* (US) IPA: /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪʃə

### Etymology 1

From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.

#### Noun

acacia (countable and uncountable, plural acacias or acaciae)
* (countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
** 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.
* (uncountable, pharmacy) The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
* A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia). [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
* (uncountable) Gum arabic; gum acacia. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
* (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), thorntree, whistling thorn
* (inspissated juice of several species of Acacia): gum acacia, gum arabic

##### Derived terms

* acacetin
* Acacia Avenue
* acacia gum
* acacialike
* acacia tit (Melaniparus thruppi)
* acacia veld
* acaciin
* acacin
* false acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia)
* gum acacia
* kangaroo acacia (Acacia paradoxa)
* Karoo acacia (Vachellia karroo)
* paradox acacia (Acacia paradoxa)
* rose-acacia (Robinia hispida)
* soap acacia (Senegalia rugata)
* stinking acacia (Acacia acuminata)
* yellow acacia (Acacia auriculiformis)

##### Descendants

* → Pohnpeian: akesia

##### Translations
#### References

* “acacia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Noun

acacia (plural acacias)
* (history, classical studies) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

#### References

* 1 2 3 4 Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

### Further reading

* Acacia in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
* Acacia in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːˈkaː.si.aː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: aca‧cia

### Noun

acacia m (plural acacia's, diminutive acaciaatje n)
* a shrub or tree of a species that belongs to the genus Acacia
* any plant resembling an acacia
    (particularly) Synonym of robinia (“Robinia pseudoacacia”)

#### Derived terms

* valse acacia

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: akasia

### Further reading

* acacia on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ka.sja/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

acacia m (plural acacias)
* 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 Latin acācia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”). Doublet of gaggia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈka.t͡ʃa/
* Rhymes: -atʃa
* Hyphenation: a‧cà‧cia

### Noun

acacia f (plural acacie)
* 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 bianchiThe 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 dealbata)
** Mount Morgan wattle (Acacia podalyriifolia)
* 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

* acaica

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).

### Pronunciation 1

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈkaː.ki.a/, [äˈkäːkiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈka.t͡ʃi.a/, [äˈkäːt͡ʃiä]

#### Noun

acācia f (genitive acāciae); first declension
* the gum arabic tree (Vachellia nilotica, syn. Acacia nilotica).
* the juice or gum of this plant.

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* Italian: gaggia
* Ligurian: gasîa
* Piedmontese: gasìa, gaseja
* Venetan: gazia
** → Greek: γαζία (gazía)
Borrowed:
* → Dutch: acacia
* → English: acacia
* → French: acacia
** → Moore: kasɩya
* → Hungarian: akác
** → Romanian: acaț
* → Italian: acacia
* → Portuguese: acácia
* → Romanian: acacia
* → Spanish: acacia

### Pronunciation 2

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈkaː.ki.aː/, [äˈkäːkiäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈka.t͡ʃi.a/, [äˈkäːt͡ʃiä]

#### Noun

acāciā f
* ablative singular of acācia

### References

* “acacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* acacia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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 Latin acacia or French acacia. Doublet of acaț (“black locust”).

### Noun

acacia f (plural acacii)
* shrubs or trees of the genus Acacia

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía) "a thorny Egyptian tree", from ἀκή (akḗ) "point, thorn".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /aˈkaθja/ [aˈka.θja]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈkasja/ [aˈka.sja]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aθja
* Rhymes: -asja
* Syllabification: a‧ca‧cia

### Noun

acacia f (plural acacias)
* acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae)

#### Derived terms

* acacia de Constantinopla

### Further reading

* “acacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10