vombate

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• wombat

Etymology

Borrowed from English wombat, borrowed from Dharug wumbat.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /võˈba.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /võˈba.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /võˈba.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bõˈba.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -at͡ʃi, -atɨ
• Hyphenation: vom‧ba‧te

Noun

vombate m (plural vombates)

1. wombat (any of several Australian marsupials of the family Vombatidae)

   Synonym: fascólomo

Further reading

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