ferrovia

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See also: ferrovía

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fer.roˈvi.a/

Noun

ferrovia (plural ferrovias)

railway

Italian

Etymology

From ferro- +‎ via, a calque of German Eisenbahn.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ia

IPA^(key): /fer.roˈvi.a/
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: fer‧ro‧vì‧a

Noun

ferrovia f (plural ferrovie)

railway/railroad

Derived terms

ferroviere

Related terms

ferroviario

Anagrams

favorire, forviare, forvierà

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ferrovia, calqued from German Eisenbahn. By surface analysis, ferro +‎ via.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.hoˈvi.ɐ], /fe.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [fe.hoˈvi.ɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.χoˈvi.ɐ], /fe.ʁoˈvi.ɐ/ [fe.χoˈvi.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁoˈvi.a/ [ˌfɛ.hoˈvi.a], /fe.ʁoˈvi.a/ [fe.hoˈvi.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈvi.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈβi.ɐ]

Hyphenation: fer‧ro‧vi‧a

Noun

ferrovia f (plural ferrovias)

railway (a track consisting of parallel rails)
Synonyms: (Brazil) estrada-de-ferro, (Portugal) caminho-de-ferro, via-férrea

Meronyms: trilho, carril, travessa, dormente

See also

References

^ “ferrovia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “ferrovia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
^ “ferrovia” in iDicionário Aulete.
^ “ferrovia” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Further reading

ferrovia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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