mirtilo

Portuguese

mirtilo

Alternative forms

• myrtillo (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin myrtillus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miʁˈt͡ʃi.lu/ [mihˈt͡ʃi.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miʁˈt͡ʃi.lu/ [mihˈt͡ʃi.lu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /miɾˈt͡ʃi.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /miʁˈt͡ʃi.lu/ [miχˈt͡ʃi.lu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /miɻˈt͡ʃi.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miɾˈti.lu/

• Rhymes: -ilu
• Hyphenation: mir‧ti‧lo

Noun

mirtilo m (plural mirtilos)

1. blueberry (berry)
2. blueberry (shrub)

   Synonyms: arandeiro, arando

3. bilberry (berry)
4. bilberry (shrub)

Further reading

• “mirtilo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mirtilo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “mirtilo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “mirtilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin myrtillus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miɾˈtilo/ [miɾˈt̪i.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: mir‧ti‧lo

Noun

mirtilo m (plural mirtilos)

1. bilberry