colarinho
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- collarinho (pre-reform spelling)
Etymology
From colar (“necklace”) + -inho (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.laˈɾĩ.ɲu/ [ko.laˈɾĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.laˈɾi.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.lɐˈɾi.ɲu/
- Hyphenation: co‧la‧ri‧nho
Noun
colarinho m (plural colarinhos)
- diminutive of colar
- Synonym: colarzinho
- collar (part of an upper garment that fits around the neck)
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 108:
- Descalçou-se, metteu as meias no bolso, tirou o paletot, a gravata e o collarinho, roncou alliviado.
- He took off his shoes, shoved his socks in his pocket, shrugged off his overcoat, his tie and his collar, and snored relieved.
- (Brazil) beer froth
- (architecture) a band placed around a column, just below the chapiter
- (Rio Grande do Sul) the back of the neck (of an animal)
Derived terms
- colarinho azul
- colarinho branco