grão-prior

Portuguese

Etymology

From grão (“gran”) +‎ prior (“prior”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoʁ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.pɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoʁ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈpɾjoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoʁ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.pɾɪˈoh], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoʁ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈpɾjoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoɾ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.pɾɪˈoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoɾ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈpɾjoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoʁ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.pɾɪˈoχ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoʁ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈpɾjoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoɻ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.pɾɪˈoɻ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoɻ/ [ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈpɾjoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈo.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: grão‧-pri‧or

Noun

grão-prior m (plural grão-priores)

1. (Catholicism) grand prior

Related terms

• grão-priorado
• erva-do-grão-prior

Further reading

• “grão-prior”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• grão-prior on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt