gonorreia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gonorrhoea, from Ancient Greek γονόρροιᾰ (gonórrhoiă).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.noˈʁɛj.ɐ/ [ɡo.noˈhɛɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.noˈʁɛj.ɐ/ [ɡo.noˈhɛɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡo.noˈʁɛj.ɐ/ [ɡo.noˈχɛɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.noˈʁɛj.a/ [ɡo.noˈhɛɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.nuˈʁɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.nuˈʁɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.nuˈʁej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.nuˈʁej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.nuˈʁe.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: go‧nor‧rei‧a

Noun

gonorreia f (plural gonorreias)

1. gonorrhoea (a sexually transmitted disease)

Further reading

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