couro

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sou̯ro]

Noun

couro

vocative singular of coura

Portuguese

Alternative forms

coiro
cuiro, cuoiro, cueiro, coro (archaic or dialectal)

Etymology

Alteration of coiro, inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coiro, from Latin corium, with metathesis. Compare Galician coiro, Spanish cuero and French cuir.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko(w).ɾu/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko(w).ɾo/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko(w).ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkow.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ɾu/

Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Rhymes: -owɾu, -oɾu
Homophone: coro
Hyphenation: cou‧ro

Noun

couro m (plural couros)

(uncountable) leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)
hide (skin of an animal)

Hyponyms

pergaminho, cordovão

Related terms

couraça, couraçado, couraçar, encouraçado, couraceiro
coureiro, curtir, curtido, curtimento, curtume

Further reading

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