esquírola
Portuguese
Etymology
Uncertain. Suggested origins include:
- from Latin schidia (“chip; splinter”);
- Borrowed from French eschille (“splinter”);
- Ancient Greek σκίρος (skíros, “rock flake”) + -ola (“diminutive suffix”);
- Borrowed from Spanish esquirla.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈki.ɾo.lɐ/, /esˈki.ɾo.lɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈki.ɾo.lɐ/, /eʃˈki.ɾo.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈki.ɾo.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈki.ɾu.lɐ/
Noun
esquírola f (plural esquírolas)