mogno

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • mógono

Etymology

From English mahogany.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ɡi.nu/, /ˈmɔɡ.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɡ.no/, /ˈmɔ.ɡi.no/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ɡnu/ [ˈmɔ.ɣnu]

  • Rhymes: -ɔɡnu
  • Hyphenation: mog‧no

Noun

mogno m (plural mognos)

  1. mahogany (any tree of the Swietenia genus)
  2. (uncountable) mahogany (wood of the mahogany tree)
    Synonym: acaju
    • 1845 December 20, João Gualberto de Oliveira, Mappa das taxas de profissão correspondente ás classes em que se distribuem as profissões, em cuja importancia se considera influir a população e a riqueza das terras; republished as Antonio Delgado da Silva, compiler, Colecção oficial de legislação portuguesa, Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1843–1845, page 907, column 2:
      Marceneiro, fabricante e mercador de moveis de mogno, murta, vinhatico e outras madeiras de estimação
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  3. (loosely) any tree with reddish-brown wood as the mahogany

Derived terms

  • mogno-africano
  • mogno-brasileiro
  • mogno-da-austrália
  • mogno-do-peru
  • mogno-verdadeiro

References

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