dromedário

See also: dromedario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Latin *dromadārius, from dromas, dromadis (“dromedary”) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting agents of use).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾo.meˈda.ɾju/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɾu.mɨˈda.ɾju/ [dɾu.mɨˈða.ɾju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɾu.mɨˈda.ɾju/ [dɾu.mɨˈða.ɾju]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɾu.mɨˈda.ɾju/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: dro‧me‧dá‧ri‧o

Noun

dromedário m (plural dromedários)

1. dromedary

Coordinate terms

camelids: camelídeosedit

• alpaca
• camelo
• dromedário
• guanaco
• lhama / lama
• vicunha

Further reading

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