azevinho

Portuguese

azevinho (Ilex aquifolium)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *azevinno, diminutive of *azevo (Compare Spanish acebo, Galician acivro, acevo), from Vulgar Latin *acifolium, from Latin aquifolium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zeˈvĩ.ɲu/ [a.zeˈvĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zeˈvĩ.ɲu/ [a.zeˈvĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zeˈvi.ɲo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɨˈvi.ɲu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɨˈvi.ɲu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɨˈbi.ɲu/ [ɐ.zɨˈβi.ɲu]

• Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu
• Hyphenation: a‧ze‧vi‧nho

Noun

azevinho m (plural azevinhos)

1. holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Related terms

• Azevedo