couve-flor

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cavolfiore.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌko(w).viˈfloʁ/ [ˌko(ʊ̯).viˈfloh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌko(w).viˈfloɾ/ [ˌko(ʊ̯).viˈfloɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌko(w).viˈfloʁ/ [ˌko(ʊ̯).viˈfloχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌko(w).viˈfloɻ/ [ˌko(ʊ̯).viˈfloɻ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌko(w).veˈfloʁ/ [ˌko(ʊ̯).veˈfloh]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌko(w).vɨˈfloɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkow.bɨˈfloɾ/ [ˌkow.βɨˈfloɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌko.vɨˈflo.ɾi/

Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)

Noun

couve-flor f (plural couves-flor or couves-flores)

cauliflower

Further reading

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