hortelã

See also: hortelá

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin hortulana, feminine of hortulanus (“gardener”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.teˈlɐ̃/ [oh.teˈlɐ̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.teˈlɐ̃/ [oh.teˈlɐ̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾ.teˈlɐ̃/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁ.teˈlɐ̃/ [oχ.teˈlɐ̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻ.teˈlɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.tɨˈlɐ̃/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɔh.tɛˈlɐ̃/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /uɹ.tiˈlɐ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃
• Hyphenation: hor‧te‧lã

Noun

hortelã f (plural hortelãs)

1. female equivalent of hortelão
2. mint (any of several aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae)

   Synonym: menta

Related terms

• hortaliça
• hortaliceiro
• hortar
• hortelão
• horteleiro

• horti-
• hortícula
• horticultor
• horticultura
• horto