dromedário

See also: dromedario

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Latin *dromadārius, from dromas, dromadis (“dromedary”) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting agents of use).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾo.meˈda.ɾi.u/ [dɾo.meˈda.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /dɾo.meˈda.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾo.meˈda.ɾi.o/ [dɾo.meˈda.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /dɾo.meˈda.ɾjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɾu.mɨˈda.ɾju/ [dɾu.mɨˈða.ɾju]

Hyphenation: dro‧me‧dá‧ri‧o

Noun

dromedário m (plural dromedários)

dromedary

Coordinate terms

(Camelids) camelídeo; camelo (dromedário, camelo-bactriano), lhama/lama, guanaco, alpaca, vicunha ^{(Category: pt:Camelids)}

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