rosário

See also: rosario and Rosario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rosārium.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈza.ɾi.u/ [hoˈza.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁoˈza.ɾju/ [hoˈza.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈza.ɾi.u/ [hoˈza.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁoˈza.ɾju/ [hoˈza.ɾju]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈza.ɾi.u/ [χoˈza.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁoˈza.ɾju/ [χoˈza.ɾju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈza.ɾi.o/ [hoˈza.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ʁoˈza.ɾjo/ [hoˈza.ɾjo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈza.ɾju/

Noun

rosário m (plural rosários)

1. (Christianity) rosary (Catholic prayer beads)

   Synonym: terço

Descendants

• → Japanese: ロザリオ (rozario)
• → Malay: rosario
  • Indonesian: rosario

Further reading

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