ouriço

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Galician

Noun

ouriço m (plural ouriços, reintegrationist norm)

reintegrationist spelling of ourizo

Further reading

“ouriço” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

ouriço (Erinaceus europaeus)

ouriço (2)

ouriço (Paracentrotus lividus)

Alternative forms

oiriço

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriço, from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *auricius), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”).

Cognate with Galician ourizo, Asturian oriciu, Spanish erizo (Santander dialect orizo), Catalan eriçó (dialectal oriç), Occitan eriç, French hérisson (cf. also oursin), Italian riccio and Romanian arici.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.su/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈɾi.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.so/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈɾi.so]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈɾi.su/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /owˈɾi.su/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /oˈɾi.su/

Hyphenation: ou‧ri‧ço

Noun

ouriço m (plural ouriços)

hedgehog
Synonym: ouriço-cacheiro

O ouriço usa os seus espinhos para se proteger dos predadores.
The hedgehog uses its quills to protect itself from predators.
chestnut burr
sea urchin
Synonym: ouriço-do-mar

Quando penetram a pele humana, os espinhos do ouriço infligem uma ferida dolorosa.
The sea urchin's spines inflict a painful wound when they penetrate human skin.

Derived terms

Related terms

riço

Further reading

ouriço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
“ouriço” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“ouriço”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
“ouriço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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