columbário

See also: columbario

Portuguese

Um columbário (sense 2)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin columbārium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.lũˈba.ɾi.u/ [ko.lũˈba.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ko.lũˈba.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.lũˈba.ɾi.u/ [ko.lũˈba.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ko.lũˈba.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.lũˈba.ɾi.o/ [ko.lũˈba.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ko.lũˈba.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.lũˈba.ɾju/

Noun

columbário m (plural columbários)

1. (historical) columbarium
2. columbarium (building or vault for the storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains)
3. Synonym of pombal

Further reading

• “columbário”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “columbário”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025