tremoço

Portuguese

tremoço

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُرْمُس (turmus), from Aramaic תורמוסא / ܬܘܪܡܣܐ (tūrmūsā, “lupine”), from Akkadian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /⁠tarmuš⁠/), from Sumerian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /⁠tarmuš⁠/). Also found as Ancient Greek θέρμος (thérmos) and Coptic ⲑⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲥ (tharmous) and in the taxonomical Lupinus albus subsp. termis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmo.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmo.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmo.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɨˈmo.su/

• Hyphenation: tre‧mo‧ço

Noun

tremoço m (plural tremoços, metaphonic)

1. lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus)

   Synonym: tremoceiro

2. lupin (bean of the lupin plant)

Derived terms

• tremoçada
• tremoçar
• tremocilha

Further reading

• tremoço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt