jacinto

See also: Jacinto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hiacinto

Etymology

From Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐˈsĩ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ĩtu
• Homophone: Jacinto
• Hyphenation: ja‧cin‧to

Noun

jacinto m (plural jacintos)

1. hyacinth (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)
   1. a flower of this plant
2. jacinth (variety of zircon)

   Hypernym: zircão

Related terms

• jacintino

Further reading

• “jacinto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “jacinto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “jacinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “jacinto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “jacinto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “jacinto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

jacinto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xaˈθinto/ [xaˈθĩn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /xaˈsinto/ [xaˈsĩn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: ja‧cin‧to

Noun

jacinto m (plural jacintos)

1. hyacinth

Derived terms

• jacintino
• jacinto de agua
• jacinto de los bosques

Descendants

• → Tagalog: hasinto

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “jacinto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 480

Further reading

• “jacinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10