melancieira

Portuguese

Etymology

From melancia +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.lɐ̃.siˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [me.lɐ̃.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /me.lɐ̃ˈsje(j).ɾɐ/ [me.lɐ̃ˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.lɐ̃.siˈe(j).ɾa/ [me.lɐ̃.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /me.lɐ̃ˈsje(j).ɾa/ [me.lɐ̃ˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃ˈsjɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃ˈsjej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃ˈsjej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃ˈsje.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: me‧lan‧ci‧ei‧ra

Noun

melancieira f (plural melancieiras)

watermelon (plant)

Further reading

“melancieira” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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