tâmara

See also: tamara, Tamara, tamará, and Tamāra

Portuguese

Tâmaras

Alternative forms

• tamara (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tamara, from Arabic تَمْرَة (tamra).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ma.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ma.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ.ma.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃maɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐmɐɾɐ
• Hyphenation: tâ‧ma‧ra

Noun

tâmara f (plural tâmaras)

1. date (fruit of the date palm)

   Synonym: (rare) datil

Derived terms

• tamaral
• tamareira
• tamarês

Related terms

• tamarindo

Descendants

• → Tetum: támara

Further reading

• “tâmara”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “tâmara”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tâmara”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “tâmara”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025