Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Canicula.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈni.ku.lɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈni.ku.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈni.ku.la/
- Homophone: canícula
- Rhymes: -ikulɐ
- Hyphenation: Ca‧ní‧cu‧la
Noun
Canícula f
- (astronomy) dog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)