açor

See also: acor

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin accipiter (“hawk”), from accipiō (“I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈt͡soɾ/

Noun

açor m (plural açores)

1. goshawk (bird of prey in the genus Accipiter)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 352 (facsimile):

     Eſte açor fillaua Garças ⁊ ãades ⁊ Betouros / ⁊ out(ra)s prijões muitas.

     This goshawk caught herons and ducks and bitterns / and many other kids of prey.

Descendants

• Galician: azor
• Portuguese: açor
  • Portuguese: Açores
    • English: Azores

Portuguese

açor

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese açor, from Latin accipiter (“hawk”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsoʁ/ [aˈsoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsoʁ/ [aˈsoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈsoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈsoʁ/ [aˈsoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈso.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: a‧çor

Noun

açor m (plural açores)

1. goshawk (bird of prey in the genus Accipiter)

Derived terms

• açorado
• açorar
• Açores

Descendants

• English: Azores