pinheiro
See also: Pinheiro
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pineyro. By surface analysis, pinho (“pine tree, pinewood”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/ [pĩˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈɲe(j).ɾo/ [piˈɲe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈɲɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈɲej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈɲej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈɲe.ɾu/
- Rhymes: -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu, -eɾu
- Homophone: Pinheiro
- Hyphenation: pi‧nhei‧ro
Noun
pinheiro m (plural pinheiros)
- pine (any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, or similar)
- Synonym: (archaic) pino
- (usually in the diminutive) Christmas tree (tree decorated with hangings during Christmas)
- Synonym: árvore de Natal
- (South Brazil) Paraná pine (Araucaria angustifolia, a tree of South America)
- Synonyms: pinheiro-do-paraná, araucária