carnaúba

See also: carnauba

Portuguese

Alternative forms

carnaíba

Etymology

From Old Tupi karana'yba.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.naˈu.bɐ/ [kaɦ.naˈu.bɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.naˈu.bɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.naˈu.bɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.naˈu.bɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.naˈu.ba/ [kaɦ.naˈu.ba]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.nɐˈu.bɐ/ [kɐɾ.nɐˈu.βɐ]

Rhymes: -ubɐ
Hyphenation: car‧na‧ú‧ba

Noun

carnaúba f (countable and uncountable, plural carnaúbas)

carnauba (Copernicia prunifera, a palm tree of South America)
Synonym: carnaubeira
(uncountable) carnauba wax

Derived terms

carnaubal
carnaubeira

Descendants

→ English: carnauba
→ Spanish: carnaúba

Further reading

“carnaúba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“carnaúba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese carnaúba, from Old Tupi karana'yba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaɾnaˈuba/ [kaɾ.naˈu.β̞a]
Rhymes: -uba
Syllabification: car‧na‧ú‧ba

Noun

carnaúba f (plural carnaúbas)

carnauba (Copernicia prunifera, a palm tree of South America)