manjericão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • mangericão (obsolete)
  • manjerição

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Hellenic *gʷatiléus
    Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλεύς (băsĭleús)
    Proto-Indo-European *-kos
    Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
    Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
    Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐκός (băsĭlĭkós)bor.
    Late Latin basilicus
    Late Latin basilicumder.?
    Portuguese manjericão

    Possibly a derivative of Late Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón).[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈkɐ̃w̃/ [mɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈkɐ̃w̃/

    • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
    • Hyphenation: man‧je‧ri‧cão

    Noun

    manjericão m (plural manjericões)

    1. basil (Ocimum basilicum)
      Synonyms: alfavaca, basílico, basilicão
    2. clove basil (Ocimum gratissimum)
      Synonyms: manjericão-de-ceilão, segurelha

    Derived terms

    • manjericão-cheiroso
    • manjericão-de-ceilão
    • manjericão-de-folha-larga
    • manjerico

    Descendants

    • → Hunsrik: Manschërikong

    References

    1. ^ Nascentes, Antenor (1955), “MANGERICÃO”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, volume I, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Acadêmica, page 314, column 2
    2. ^ Machado, José Pedro (1995), “Manjerição”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume IV, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, pages 45–46
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