melancieira
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.lɐ̃.siˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [me.lɐ̃.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /me.lɐ̃ˈsje(j).ɾɐ/ [me.lɐ̃ˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.lɐ̃.siˈe(j).ɾa/ [me.lɐ̃.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /me.lɐ̃ˈsje(j).ɾa/ [me.lɐ̃ˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃ˈsjɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃ˈsjej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃ˈsjej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃ˈsje.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: me‧lan‧ci‧ei‧ra
Noun
melancieira f (plural melancieiras)
- watermelon (plant)
Further reading
- “melancieira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025