amoreira

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese amora

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āria

Old Galician-Portuguese -eira

Portuguese -eira

Portuguese amoreira

From amora (“mulberry”) + -eira.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾe(j).ɾɐ/ [a.moˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧rei‧ra

Noun

amoreira f (plural amoreiras)

1. mulberry (tree)

   Synonym: amoreira-silvestre

Further reading

• “amoreira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “amoreira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026