canícula

See also: canicula, Canicula, caniculă, and Canícula

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ku.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ku.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ku.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈni.ku.lɐ/

• Homophone: Canícula
• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ní‧cu‧la

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin canicula.

Noun

canícula f (plural canículas)

1. intense heat

Etymology 2

From cana +‎ -i- +‎ -cula.

Noun

canícula f (plural canículas)

1. small and slender cane
2. (informal) slender leg

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin canicula. Doublet of canijo (and the feminine canija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnikula/ [kaˈni.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: ca‧ní‧cu‧la

Noun

canícula f (plural canículas)

1. dog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)

Further reading

• “canícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16