ferrovia
See also: ferrovía
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [fə.ruˈβi.ə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [fə.ruˈvi.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [fe.roˈvi.a]
Noun
ferrovia f (plural ferrovies)
- railway
- Synonym: via fèrria
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ferrovia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “ferrovia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “ferrovia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fer.roˈvi.a/
Noun
ferrovia (plural ferrovias)
Italian
Etymology
From ferro- + via, a calque of German Eisenbahn.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ia
- IPA(key): /fer.roˈvi.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: fer‧ro‧vì‧a
Noun
ferrovia f (plural ferrovie)
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ferrovia, calqued from German Eisenbahn. By surface analysis, ferro + via.[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.hoˈvi.ɐ], /fe.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [fe.hoˈvi.ɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.χoˈvi.ɐ], /fe.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [fe.χoˈvi.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.a/ [ˌfɛ.hoˈvi.a], /fe.ʁoˈvi.a/ [fe.hoˈvi.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈvi.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈβi.ɐ]
- Hyphenation: fer‧ro‧vi‧a
Noun
ferrovia f (plural ferrovias)
- railway (a track consisting of parallel rails)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) estrada de ferro, (Portugal) caminho de ferro, via-férrea
- Meronyms: trilho, carril, travessa, dormente
See also
References
- ^ “ferrovia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “ferrovia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- ^ “ferrovia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- ^ “ferrovia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Further reading
- ferrovia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt