carvalhal

Portuguese

Etymology

From carvalho (“oak”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.vaˈʎaw/ [kaɦ.vaˈʎaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.vaˈʎaw/ [kaɦ.vaˈʎaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.vaˈʎaw/ [kaɾ.vaˈʎaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.vaˈʎaw/ [kaʁ.vaˈʎaʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.vaˈʎaw/ [kaɻ.vaˈʎaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.vɐˈʎal/ [kɐɾ.vɐˈʎaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.vɐˈʎal/ [kɐɾ.vɐˈʎaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.bɐˈʎal/ [kɐɾ.βɐˈʎaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.vɐˈʎa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: Carvalhal
• Hyphenation: car‧va‧lhal

Noun

carvalhal m (plural carvalhais)

1. an oak grove

Further reading

• “carvalhal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026