Meanings
samara1
plural samaras · plural samarae
- The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.
The fruit is a nut, samara or drupe, containing a single seed with a straight embryo and little or no endosperm.
1993, R. H. Richens, "Ulmaceae", pages 95-96 in, V. H. Heywood, ed., Flowering Plants of the World, updated edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, page 96Synonyms: helicopter, polynose, whirligig, whirlybird
Samara2
- A female given name.
Samara3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.
proper nounA city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia, the sixth-largest in the country by population.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
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Origin
samara · noun
- Proto-Celtic*samos“summer”
- Latinsamara“elm seed”
- Englishsamara
From Latin samara (“elm seed”), from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).
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- RussianСама́ра
- RussianСама́ра
- EnglishSamara
Borrowed from Russian Сама́ра (Samára).
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Full word history & related roots →Samara · proper noun
- UkrainianСама́ра
- UkrainianСама́ра
- EnglishSamara
Borrowed from Ukrainian Сама́ра (Samára).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جَنَاحِيَّة, سَمَارَا
- جَنَاحِيَّة (janāḥiyya)winged indehiscent fruit
- سَمَارَا (samārā)city in Russia
- سَامَارَا (samārā)city in Russia
Bulgarian Сама́ра
- Сама́ра (Samára)city in Russia
Chinese Mandarin 翅果, 薩馬拉 /萨马拉
- 翅果 (chìguǒ)winged indehiscent fruit
- 薩馬拉 /萨马拉 (Sàmǎlā)city in Russia
Czech dvounažka
- dvounažkawinged indehiscent fruit
Danish Samara
- Samaracity in Russia
Dutch vleugelnoot
- vleugelnootwinged indehiscent fruit
Esperanto samaro
- samarowinged indehiscent fruit
Estonian tiibvili
- tiibviliwinged indehiscent fruit
Finnish pallepähkylä, Samara
- pallepähkyläwinged indehiscent fruit
- Samaracity in Russia
French samare, Samara
- samarewinged indehiscent fruit
- Samaracity in Russia
German Flügelnuss, Samara
- Flügelnusswinged indehiscent fruit
- Samarawinged indehiscent fruit
- Samaracity in Russia
Greek Σαμάρα
- Σαμάρα (Samára)city in Russia
Hebrew סמרה
- סמרהcity in Russia
Hindi समारा
- समारा (samārā)city in Russia
Hungarian lependék, ikerlependék
- lependékwinged indehiscent fruit
- ikerlependékwinged indehiscent fruit
Italian samara
- samarawinged indehiscent fruit
Japanese 翼果, サマーラ
- 翼果winged indehiscent fruit
- サマーラ (Samāra)city in Russia
Korean 시과, 사마라
- 시과 (sigwa)winged indehiscent fruit
- 사마라 (Samara)city in Russia
Latvian Samara
- Samaracity in Russia
Persian سمارا
- سمارا (samârâ)city in Russia
Polish skrzydlak, Samara
- skrzydlakwinged indehiscent fruit
- Samaracity in Russia
Portuguese sâmara, Samara
- sâmarawinged indehiscent fruit
- Samaracity in Russia
Russian крыла́тка, Сама́ра
- крыла́тка (krylátka)winged indehiscent fruit
- Сама́ра (Samára)city in Russia
Spanish sámara, Samara
- sámarawinged indehiscent fruit
- Samaracity in Russia
Swedish Samara
- Samaracity in Russia
Tagalog pakpakbunga
- pakpakbungawinged indehiscent fruit
Thai ซามารา
- ซามารา (saa-maa-raa)city in Russia
Ukrainian крила́тка, Сама́ра
- крила́тка (krylátka)winged indehiscent fruit
- Сама́ра (Samára)city in Russia
- Сама́ра (Samára)village in Mykolaivka, Sumy, Sumy, Ukraine
Urdu سمارا
- سماراcity in Russia
Vietnamese Samara
- Samaracity in Russia
Welsh samara
- samarawinged indehiscent fruit
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Cite this entry
samara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samara
“samara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samara. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “samara,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samara.
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