monsenhor

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian monsignore.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.sẽˈɲoʁ/ [mõ.sẽˈj̃oh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.sẽˈɲoʁ/ [mõ.sẽˈj̃oh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mõ.sẽˈɲoɾ/ [mõ.sẽˈj̃oɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mõ.sẽˈɲoʁ/ [mõ.sẽˈj̃oχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.seˈɲoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.sɨˈɲoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.sɨˈɲoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.sɨˈɲo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: mon‧se‧nhor

Noun

monsenhor m (plural monsenhores)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Monsignor (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
2. (ornithology) (Granatina granatina) African bird, of the Estrildidae family, endemic to tropical and subtropical regions. It grows to about 14 centimetres in length and has a reddish beak, long tail and rufous plumage, with violet cheeks and blue feathers in the uropygial area