centeio

Portuguese

centeio

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese centẽo (“rye”), from Latin centēnus (“a hundred things”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Galician centeo, and Spanish centeno. Doublet of Centeno.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtej.u/ [sẽˈteɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtej.u/ [sẽˈteɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtej.o/ [sẽˈteɪ̯.o]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtej.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈte.u/

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [s̺ẽˈtej.u]
• Rhymes: -eju, -ɐju
• Hyphenation: cen‧tei‧o

Noun

centeio m (plural centeios)

1. rye (grass or its grains as food)

Related terms

• ergótico