ordenhar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ordennar, from Vulgar Latin *ordiniāre, itself from Latin ōrdināre (or through a *ordinium), from ōrdō (“order, arrangement”), from Proto-Italic *ored(h)- (“to arrange”), of unknown origin. Compare Spanish ordeñar. Doublet of ordenar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.dẽˈɲa(ʁ)/ [oɦ.dẽˈj̃a(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.dẽˈɲa(ʁ)/ [oɦ.dẽˈj̃a(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾ.dẽˈɲa(ɾ)/ [oɾ.dẽˈj̃a(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁ.dẽˈɲa(ʁ)/ [oʁ.dẽˈj̃a(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻ.deˈɲa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.dɨˈɲaɾ/ [ɔɾ.ðɨˈɲaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.dɨˈɲaɾ/ [ɔɾ.ðɨˈɲaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.dɨˈɲa.ɾi/ [ɔɾ.ðɨˈɲa.ɾi]

• IPA^(key): /ˌoɻ.de.ˈɲa(ɻ)/
• Hyphenation: or‧de‧nhar

Verb

1. to milk (to express milk from mammal)

   Synonym: mungir

Related terms

• ordenha
• ordenhação
• ordenhadeira
• ordenhado

• ordenhador
• ordenhamento
• ordenho