arco-íris
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From arco (“arch, bow”) + íris (“iris”). Compare Spanish arco iris.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ar‧co‧-í‧ris
Noun
[edit]arco-íris m (plural arcos-íris)
- (meteorology) rainbow
- Synonyms: arco-celeste, arco-da-aliança, arco-da-chuva, arco-da-velha
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Tetum: arkuiris
Further reading
[edit]- “arco-íris”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “arco-íris”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024