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jacinto
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See also: Jacinto
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jacinto m (plural jacintos)
- hyacinth (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)
- a flower of this plant
- jacinth (variety of zircon)
- Hypernym: zircão
Related terms
- jacintino
Further reading
- “jacinto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “jacinto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “jacinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “jacinto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “jacinto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “jacinto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaˈθinto/ [xaˈθĩn̪.t̪o] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /xaˈsinto/ [xaˈsĩn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification: ja‧cin‧to
Noun
jacinto m (plural jacintos)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: hasinto
References
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “jacinto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 480
Further reading
- “jacinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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