azevinho

Portuguese

azevinho (Ilex aquifolium)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *azevinno, diminutive of *azevo (Compare Spanish acebo, Galician acivro, acevo), from Vulgar Latin *acifolium, from Latin aquifolium.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zeˈvĩ.ɲu/ [a.zeˈvĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zeˈvi.ɲo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɨˈvi.ɲu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɨˈbi.ɲu/ [ɐ.zɨˈβi.ɲu]

Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu
Hyphenation: a‧ze‧vi‧nho

Noun

azevinho m (plural azevinhos)

holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Related terms

Azevedo

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