fornalha

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *fornacla, contracted form of Latin fornācula, diminutive of fornāx.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈna.ʎɐ/ [foɦˈna.ʎɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾˈna.ʎɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁˈna.ʎɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /foɻˈna.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈna.ʎa/ [foɦˈna.ʎa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈna.ʎɐ/

Hyphenation: for‧na‧lha

Noun

fornalha f (plural fornalhas)

furnace
augmentative of forno

Further reading

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