minarete

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.naˈɾe.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.naˈɾe.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.naˈɾe.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.nɐˈɾe.t(ɨ)/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧re‧te

Noun

minarete m (plural minaretes)

1. minaret (mosque tower)

   Synonym: almádena

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Turkish minare (“minaret”), from Arabic مَنَارَة‎ (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minaˈɾete/ [mi.naˈɾe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: mi‧na‧re‧te

Noun

minarete m (plural minaretes)

1. minaret (mosque tower)

   Synonym: alminar

Further reading

• “minarete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014