corniso

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cornus, probably through Spanish cornizo < Vulgar Latin *corniceus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈni.zu/ [koɦˈni.zu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈni.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈni.zu/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /koɻˈni.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈni.zo/ [koɦˈni.zo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈni.zu/

Noun

corniso m (plural cornisos)

cornel (tree of the genus Cornus)
cornel (fruit of the cornel tree)

Further reading

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