gorgorão

Portuguese

Etymology

From French gourgouran, from English grogram, from French gros-grain.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡoʁ.ɡoˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ɡoɦ.ɡoˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɡoɾ.ɡoˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ɡoɾ.ɡoˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡoʁ.ɡoˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ɡoʁ.ɡoˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ɡoɻ.ɡoˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ɡoɻ.ɡoˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡuɾ.ɡuˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ɡuɾ.ɣuˈɾɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: gor‧go‧rão

Noun

gorgorão m (plural gorgorões)

  1. (uncountable) grosgrain (silk fabric having narrow, horizontal ribs)
  2. grosgrain (ribbon of grosgrain fabric)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.