moreia
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- moréia (pre-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈɾɛj.ɐ/ [moˈɾɛɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈɾɛj.a/ [moˈɾɛɪ̯.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈɾɐj.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈɾej.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈɾej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈɾe.ɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛjɐ, -ɐjɐ
- Homophone: Moreia
- Hyphenation: mo‧rei‧a
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *morẽa, from Latin murēna, from Ancient Greek μῡ́ραινα (mū́raina).[1]
Noun
moreia f (plural moreias)
- moray (any eel of the family Muraenidae)
- Synonym: (Brazil) caramuru
Related terms
- moreão
- moreia-estrelada
- moreia-pintada
- moreia-preta
- moreia-tigre
- moreia-zebra
Etymology 2
From French moraine.[1][2] Doublet of morena.
Noun
moreia f (plural moreias)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Old Tupi amoré, influenced by etymology 1.[3]
Noun
moreia f (plural moreias)
- alternative form of amoré
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “moreia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “morena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “amoré”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 33, column 2