seringueira

Portuguese

Etymology

From seringa +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾĩˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [se.ɾĩˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾĩˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [se.ɾĩˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾĩˈɡe(j).ɾa/ [se.ɾĩˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾĩˈɡe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: se‧rin‧guei‧ra

Noun

seringueira f (plural seringueiras)

1. rubber tree

   Synonym: árvore-da-borracha

Noun

seringueira f (plural seringueiras)

1. female equivalent of seringueiro (“rubber tapper”)

Further reading

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