jacinto
See also: Jacinto
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɐˈsĩ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ĩtu
- Homophone: Jacinto
- Hyphenation: ja‧cin‧to
Noun
jacinto m (plural jacintos)
Related terms
- jacintino
Further reading
- “jacinto” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “jacinto” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “jacinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “jacinto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “jacinto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “jacinto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /xaˈθinto/ [xaˈθĩn̪.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /xaˈsinto/ [xaˈsĩn̪.t̪o]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification: ja‧cin‧to
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: hasinto
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “jacinto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 480
Further reading
- “jacinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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