amoreira

Portuguese

Etymology

From amora (“mulberry”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾe(j).ɾɐ/ [a.moˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾe(j).ɾɐ/ [a.moˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾe(j).ɾa/ [a.moˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧rei‧ra

Noun

amoreira f (plural amoreiras)

1. mulberry (tree)

Further reading

• “amoreira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024