argelino

Portuguese

Etymology

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Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip.

Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor.

French Algermeta.

Portuguese Argel

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnuslbor.

Portuguese -ino

Portuguese argelino

From Argel (“Algiers”) + -ino.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒeˈlĩ.nu/ [aɦ.ʒeˈlĩ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒeˈlĩ.nu/ [aɦ.ʒeˈlĩ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.ʒeˈlĩ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒeˈlĩ.nu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻ.ʒeˈlĩ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ʒɨˈli.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu
• Hyphenation: ar‧ge‧li‧no

Adjective

argelino (feminine argelina, masculine plural argelinos, feminine plural argelinas)

1. Algerian (of, from or relating to Algeria)

   Synonym: argeliano

2. (uncommon) Algerine (of, from or relating to Algiers, capital of Algeria)

Noun

argelino m (plural argelinos, feminine argelina, feminine plural argelinas)

1. Algerian (native or inhabitant of Algeria)

   Synonym: argeliano

2. (uncommon) Algerine (native or inhabitant of Algiers, capital of Algeria)

Noun

argelino m (uncountable)

1. Algerian Arabic

Noun

argelino m (plural argelinos)

1. a type of rigid wheat

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish Argelia

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Spanish -ino

Spanish argelino

From Argelia + -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾxeˈlino/ [aɾ.xeˈli.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: ar‧ge‧li‧no

Adjective

argelino (feminine argelina, masculine plural argelinos, feminine plural argelinas)

1. Algerian (of, from or relating to Algeria)
2. Algerian (of, from or relating to the city of Algiers, capital of Algeria)

Noun

argelino m (plural argelinos, feminine argelina, feminine plural argelinas)

1. Algerian (native or inhabitant of Algeria)
2. Algerian (native or inhabitant of the city of Algiers, capital of Algeria)

Further reading

• “argelino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025