cingalês
See also: cingalés
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.ɡaˈle(j)s/ [sĩ.ɡaˈle(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /sĩ.ɡaˈle(j)ʃ/ [sĩ.ɡaˈle(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩ.ɡɐˈleʃ/
- Hyphenation: cin‧ga‧lês
Audio (Brazil): (file)
Adjective
cingalês (feminine cingalesa, masculine plural cingaleses, feminine plural cingalesas)
- Sinhalese (of or relating to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture)
- Synonym: ceilonense
Noun
cingalês m (plural cingaleses, feminine cingalesa, feminine plural cingalesas)
- Sinhalese (member of the major ethnic group of Sri Lanka)
- (uncountable) Sinhalese (a language of Sri Lanka)
- Synonym: cingala
Further reading
- “cingalês”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cingalês”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026