corniso

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cornus, probably through Spanish cornizo < Vulgar Latin *corniceus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈni.zu/ [koɦˈni.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈni.zu/ [koɦˈni.zu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈni.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈni.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈni.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈni.zu/

Noun

corniso m (plural cornisos)

1. cornel (tree of the genus Cornus)
2. cornel (fruit of the cornel tree)

Further reading

• “corniso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “corniso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025