novilúnio

See also: novilunio

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin novilūnium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.viˈlũ.ni.u/ [no.viˈlũ.nɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /no.viˈlũ.nju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.viˈlũ.ni.u/ [no.viˈlũ.nɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /no.viˈlũ.nju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.viˈlu.ni.o/ [no.viˈlu.nɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /no.viˈlu.njo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɔ.viˈlu.nju/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɔ.viˈlu.nju/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɔ.biˈlu.nju/ [nɔ.βiˈlu.nju]

• Hyphenation: no‧vi‧lú‧ni‧o

Noun

novilúnio m (plural novilúnios)

1. new moon (phase of moon when it is obscured)

   Synonym: lua nova

   Antonym: plenilúnio

Further reading

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