quartzo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• quarço

Etymology

Borrowed from German Quarz, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ (“hard”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaʁt.su/ [ˈkwaht.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaʁt.su/ [ˈkwaht.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾt.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaʁt.su/ [ˈkwaχt.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɻt.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾ.tsu/

Noun

quartzo m (plural quartzos)

1. (mineralogy) quartz

Further reading

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