contubérnio

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contubernium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.ni.u/ [kõ.tuˈbɛɦ.nɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.nju/ [kõ.tuˈbɛɦ.nju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.ni.u/ [kõ.tuˈbɛɦ.nɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.nju/ [kõ.tuˈbɛɦ.nju]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛɾ.ni.u/ [kõ.tuˈbɛɾ.nɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛɾ.nju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.ni.u/ [kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.nɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.nju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛɻ.ni.o/ [kõ.tuˈbɛɻ.nɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛɻ.njo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛɾ.nju/ [kõ.tuˈβɛɾ.nju]

• Rhymes: -ɛʁniu, -ɛʁnju, -ɛɾnju
• Hyphenation: con‧tu‧bér‧ni‧o

Noun

contubérnio m (plural contubérnios)

1. cohabitation (life together, under the same roof)
2. concubinage (state of living together without being married)
3. community (group of people living together)
4. camaraderie, familiarity, intimacy
5. (Ancient Rome, historical) tent
6. (Ancient Rome, historical, law) conjugal union between slaves or between a slave and a free person

Further reading

• “contubérnio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “contubérnio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024