setentrião

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin septentriōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.tẽ.tɾiˈɐ̃w̃/ [se.tẽ.tɾɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /se.tẽˈtɾjɐ̃w̃/ [se.tẽˈtɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.tẽ.tɾiˈɐ̃w̃/, (faster pronunciation) /sɨ.tẽˈtɾjɐ̃w̃/

Noun

setentrião m (uncountable)

  1. north (compass point)
    Synonym: norte

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