melífluo

See also: melifluo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mellifluus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈli.flu.u/ [meˈli.flʊ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meˈli.flwu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈli.flu.u/ [meˈli.flʊ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meˈli.flwu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈli.flu.o/ [meˈli.flʊ.o], (faster pronunciation) /meˈli.flwo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈli.flu.u/, (faster pronunciation) /mɨˈli.flwu/

Adjective

melífluo (feminine melíflua, masculine plural melífluos, feminine plural melífluas)

1. mellifluous
2. unctuous

Further reading

• “melífluo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025