jabuticaba

English

Noun

jabuticaba (plural jabuticabas)

1. Alternative spelling of jaboticaba

Portuguese

jabuticaba

Alternative forms

• jaboticaba

Etymology

From Old Tupi îabutikaba (“jaboticaba”, literally “jabuti fat”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˌbu.t͡ʃiˈka.bɐ/, /ˌʒa.bu.t͡ʃiˈka.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˌbu.t͡ʃiˈka.bɐ/, /ˌʒa.bu.t͡ʃiˈka.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˌbu.t͡ʃiˈka.ba/, /ˌʒa.bu.t͡ʃiˈka.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒa.bu.tiˈka.bɐ/ [ʒa.βu.tiˈka.βɐ]

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• Rhymes: -abɐ
• Hyphenation: ja‧bu‧ti‧ca‧ba

Noun

jabuticaba f (plural jabuticabas)

1. jaboticaba (fruit of the jaboticaba tree)
2. (uncommon) jaboticaba tree (Myrciaria cauliflora)

   Synonym: jabuticabeira

Derived terms

• jabuticaba-murta
• jabuticaba-sabará
• jabuticabal
• jabuticabeira

 

Descendants

• → English: jaboticaba
• → Hunsrik: Schabutikaab
• → Spanish: jabuticaba

References

• “jabuticaba”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “jabuticaba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “jabuticaba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “jabuticaba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Noun

jabuticaba f (plural jabuticabas)

1. jaboticaba