varanda

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɾanda/ [baˈɾan̪.d̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Hyphenation: va‧ran‧da

Noun

varanda f (plural varandas)

  1. banister, rail of a balcony; balustrade
    Synonym: balaustrada
  2. rail or beam used to dry or air clothes or corn
    Synonym: tarandeira

References

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese varanda.

Noun

varanda

  1. veranda, balcony, porch

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Latin vāra (“forked pole, tripod, trestle”), as in vara do castelo (“high part of a castle”).[1] Borrowed into Spanish baranda. Also compare varão (“handrail”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈɾɐ̃.da/
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
  • Hyphenation: va‧ran‧da

Noun

varanda f (plural varandas)

  1. balcony, veranda, terrace
  2. porch

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “veranda”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

varanda class IX (plural varanda class X)

  1. veranda
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