cinzeiro

Portuguese

cinzeiro

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese cinzas

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese cinzeiro

From cinzas + -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈze(j).ɾu/ [sĩˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈze(j).ɾu/ [sĩˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈze(j).ɾo/ [sĩˈze(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈzɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈzɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈzej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈzej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈze.ɾu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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Noun

cinzeiro m (plural cinzeiros)

1. ashtray (receptacle for tobacco ashes)
2. ash pan (tray to capture ashes below a grate)

Further reading

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