charneca

See also: Charneca

Portuguese

FWOTD – 5 June 2023

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cerrica, from cerrus (“Turkey oak”), via Mozarabic.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁˈnɛ.kɐ/ [ʃaɦˈnɛ.kɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃaɾˈnɛ.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁˈnɛ.kɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʃaɻˈnɛ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁˈnɛ.ka/ [ʃaɦˈnɛ.ka]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐɾˈnɛ.kɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐɾˈnɛ.kɐ/

Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
Hyphenation: char‧ne‧ca

Noun

charneca f (plural charnecas)

heathland (tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation)
- 1930, Florbela Espanca, Charneca em Flor:
  Olhos a arder em êxtases de amor, / Boca a saber a sol, a fruto, a mel: / Sou a charneca rude a abrir em flor!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Charneca
Charneca de Caparica

Further reading

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