lêmure

See also: lemure, Lemure, and lémure

Portuguese

lêmure (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• lémure (Portugal)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lemures (“the ghosts of the dead”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.mu.ɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.mu.ɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.mu.ɾe/

• Hyphenation: lê‧mu‧re

Noun

lêmure m (plural lêmures) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (Roman mythology) lemures (spirits or ghosts of the dead)
2. lemur (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)