ristra

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ristra.

Noun

ristra (plural ristras)

1. An arrangement of chili pepper pods (or sometimes garlic) to aid drying and sometimes to serve as a decoration.

Anagrams

• triars

Etymology

From Old Spanish riestra, from riesta, from rieste, from Latin restem.

/-e/ > /-a/ probably due to the word's feminine gender. For the additional /ɾ/, compare rastrojo < *restucŭlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈristɾa/ [ˈris.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -istɾa
• Syllabification: ris‧tra

Noun

ristra f (plural ristras)

1. string
2. ristra

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “ristra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 34

Further reading

• “ristra”, 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