meiguice

Portuguese

Etymology

From meigo +‎ -ice.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me(j)ˈɡi.si/ [me(ɪ̯)ˈɡi.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me(j)ˈɡi.si/ [me(ɪ̯)ˈɡi.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me(j)ˈɡi.se/ [me(ɪ̯)ˈɡi.se]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐjˈɡi.sɨ/ [mɐjˈɣi.sɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐjˈɡi.sɨ/ [mɐjˈɣi.sɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mejˈɡi.sɨ/ [mejˈɣi.sɨ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mejˈɡi.sɨ/ [mejˈɣi.sɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /meˈɡi.sɨ/ [meˈɣi.sɨ]

• Hyphenation: mei‧gui‧ce

Noun

meiguice f (plural meiguices)

1. sweetness

Further reading

• “meiguice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024