aluvião
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alluviōnem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.lu.viˈɐ̃w̃/ [a.lu.vɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /a.luˈvjɐ̃w̃/ [a.luˈvjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.luˈvjɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.luˈbjɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.luˈβjɐ̃w̃]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Noun
aluvião m or f (plural aluviões)
- alluvium (material deposited by flowing water)
Further reading
- “aluvião”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “aluvião”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026