urze

Portuguese

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ulze, from Latin ulīcem (“a shrub similar to rosemary”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.zi/ [ˈuɦ.zi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.zi/ [ˈuɦ.zi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.zi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuɻ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.zɨ/

• Hyphenation: ur‧ze

Noun

urze f (plural urzes)

1. heather (plant)
2. heather (various species of the genus Erica)

Further reading

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