dromedário

See also: dromedario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Latin *dromadārius, from dromas, dromadis (“dromedary”) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting agents of use).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɾu.mɨˈda.ɾju/ [dɾu.mɨˈða.ɾju]

• Hyphenation: dro‧me‧dá‧ri‧o

Noun

dromedário m (plural dromedários)

1. dromedary

Coordinate terms

• (Camelids) camelídeo; camelo (dromedário, camelo-bactriano), lhama／lama, guanaco, alpaca, vicunha ^{(Category: pt:Camelids)}