verdilhão
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- verdelhão
Etymology
Alteration of verdelhão,[1][2] from verdelha, from verde (“green”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [veɦ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [veɾ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [veʁ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veɻ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [veɻ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾ.diˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [vɨɾ.ðiˈʎɐ̃w̃]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨɾ.diˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [bɨɾ.ðiˈʎɐ̃w̃]
Noun
verdilhão m (plural verdilhões)
- greenfinch (Chloris chloris, a passerine bird of Europe, Asia and Africa)
References
- ^ “verdilhão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- ^ “verdilhão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025