embondeiro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- imbondeiro, ibondeiro
Etymology
From Kimbundu mbondo + -eiro.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bõˈde(j).ɾu/ [ẽ.bõˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bõˈde(j).ɾu/ [ĩ.bõˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.bõˈde(j).ɾo/ [ẽ.bõˈde(ɪ̯).ɾo], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.bõˈde(j).ɾo/ [ĩ.bõˈde(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bõˈdɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bõˈdej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bõˈdej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bõˈde.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: em‧bon‧dei‧ro
Noun
embondeiro m (plural embondeiros)
- baobab (Adansonia digitata, a large tree of tropical Africa)
References
- ^ “embondeiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “embondeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025