fluminense

Borrowed from Portuguese fluminense, derived from Classical Latin flūmen (“river”).

• IPA^(key): /flu.miˈnɛn.se/
• Rhymes: -ɛnse
• Hyphenation: flu‧mi‧nèn‧se

fluminense m or f (plural fluminensi)

1. of, from or relating to the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   Synonym: carioca

• fluminense in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

flūminēnse

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of flūminēnsis

From Latin flūmin (“river”) +‎ -ense (“inhabitant of”).

• Rhymes: -ẽsi, -ẽsɨ
• Hyphenation: flu‧mi‧nen‧se

fluminense m or f (plural fluminenses)

1. of, from or relating to the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (not the city itself)

   Synonym: papa-goiaba

   a capital fluminense ― the capital of Rio de Janeiro

fluminense m or f by sense (plural fluminenses)

1. native or inhabitant of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (not the city itself)

   Synonym: papa-goiaba

• → Italian: fluminense
• → New Latin: flūminēnsis

From Latin flūmen +‎ -ense.

• IPA^(key): /flumiˈnense/ [flu.miˈnẽn.se]
• Rhymes: -ense
• Syllabification: flu‧mi‧nen‧se

fluminense m or f (masculine and feminine plural fluminenses)

1. of, from or relating to the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (not the city itself)

fluminense m or f by sense (plural fluminenses)

1. native or inhabitant of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (not the city itself)

• Not to be confused with carioca, the demonym for the city of Rio de Janeiro.

• “fluminense”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024