anileira

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• anileiro

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.niˈlɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.niˈlɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.niˈlej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.niˈlej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.niˈle.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧lei‧ra

Noun

anileira f (plural anileiras)

1. indigo; anil (shrub from which indigo dye is obtained)

   Synonyms: índigo, indigueira

Further reading

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