tangerineira
Portuguese
Etymology
From tangerina (“mandarin fruit”) + -eira, from Tânger (“Tangier, a city in Morocco”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [tɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈne(j).ɾa/ [tɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈne(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈnej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈnej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈne.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: tan‧ge‧ri‧nei‧ra
Noun
tangerineira f (plural tangerineiras)
- mandarin (a tree)
- Synonyms: bergamoteira, mandarineira, mexeriqueira, vergamoteira