gôndola

See also: gondola, góndola, and góndoła

Portuguese

gôndola

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoła, from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, literally “little tail”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡõ.do.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡõ.do.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡõ.do.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡõ.du.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: gôn‧do‧la

Noun

gôndola f (plural gôndolas)

1. gondola (long, narrow boat used in Venice)
2. gondola (a free-standing shelving unit in a supermarket or other retail store)

Related terms

• gondolar
• gondoleiro

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Gondola

Further reading

• “gôndola” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913