jornal

Catalan

Etymology

From jorn +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒurˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒorˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒoɾˈnal]

Noun

jornal m (plural jornals)

1. day's pay, wages
2. day's work
3. (agriculture, historical) a highly-variable unit of area corresponding to the amount of cultivated land that can be worked in a day

Derived terms

• ajornalar
• jornalejar
• jornaler
• treballar a jornal

Further reading

• “jornal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoʁˈnaw/ [ʒoɦˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoʁˈnaw/ [ʒoɦˈnaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒoɾˈnaw/ [ʒoɾˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒoʁˈnaw/ [ʒoʁˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoɻˈnaw/ [ʒoɻˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuɾˈnal/ [ʒuɾˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuɾˈnal/ [ʒuɾˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuɾˈna.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: jor‧nal

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”).

jornal

Noun

jornal m (plural jornais)

1. newspaper

   Synonym: diário

2. (television) news

   Synonym: telejornal

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Schurnall

Etymology 2

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Inherited from Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”).

Noun

jornal m (plural jornais)

1. a day's pay

   Synonym: jorna

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoɾˈnal/ [xoɾˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: jor‧nal

Noun

jornal m (plural jornales)

1. a day's pay

   No hay trabajo y solo necesito un jornal.

   There is no work, but all I need is a day's pay.

Derived terms

• a jornal (“by the day”)
• jornalero

 

Further reading

• “jornal”, 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