petricor
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
petricor m (plural petricors)
- petrichor (earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil)
Related terms
Further reading
- “petricor” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2025.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English petrichor, from petr(o)- + ichor. Coined in 1964.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.tɾiˈkoʁ/ [pe.tɾiˈkoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pe.tɾiˈkoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pe.tɾiˈkoʁ/ [pe.tɾiˈkoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.tɾiˈkoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.tɾiˈkoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.tɾiˈko.ɾi/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -oʁ, (Portugal) -oɾ
Noun
petricor m (plural petricores)
- petrichor (earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil)
Related terms
Further reading
- “petricor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “petricor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English petrichor, from petr(o)- + ichor. Coined in 1964.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- IPA(key): /petɾiˈkoɾ/ [pe.t̪ɾiˈkoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: pe‧tri‧cor
Noun
petricor m (plural petricores)
- petrichor (earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil)
Related terms
Further reading
- Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “petricor”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]