barbilhão
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /baʁ.biˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [baɦ.biˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /baɾ.biˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [baɾ.biˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baʁ.biˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [baʁ.biˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /baɻ.biˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [baɻ.biˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐɾ.biˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [bɐɾ.βiˈʎɐ̃w̃]
- Hyphenation: bar‧bi‧lhão
Noun
barbilhão m (plural barbilhões)
- (biology) barbel (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
- Synonym: barbilho
- an appendix that hangs from the beak of certain birds
Further reading
- “barbilhão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “barbilhão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026