carriço

See also: carrico

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carriço, from Vulgar Latin *cāriceus, from Latin cārex (“sedge”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish carrizo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁi.su/ [kaˈhi.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁi.su/ [kaˈhi.su]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁi.su/ [kaˈχi.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁi.so/ [kaˈhi.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁi.su/

Noun

carriço m (plural carriços)

1. sedge (any plant of the genus Carex)