vovente

Latin

Participle

vovente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of vovēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vovente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈvẽ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vuˈvẽ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vuˈvẽ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈbẽ.tɨ/ [buˈβẽ.tɨ]

• Rhymes: -ẽt͡ʃi, -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: vo‧ven‧te

Adjective

vovente m or f (plural voventes)

1. votive (who makes vows or promises)

   Synonym: votífero

Noun

vovente m or f by sense (plural voventes)

1. votive person (person who makes vows or promises)

Further reading

• “vovente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “vovente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024