órix

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oryx, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾi.kis/, /ˈɔ.ɾiks/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾi.kis/, /ˈɔ.ɾiks/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾi.kiʃ/, /ˈɔ.ɾikʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾiks/, /ˈɔ.ɾi.kis/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɾikʃ/

Noun

órix m (invariable)

1. oryx (any of several African antelopes of the genus Oryx)

Derived terms

• órix árabe
• órix da Arábia
• órix-austral
• órix-branco
• órix-de-cimitarra
• órix-do-cabo

 

Further reading

• “órix”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024