manjerona
Portuguese
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin maiōrāna.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.ʒeˈɾõ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.ʒeˈɾo.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.ʒɨˈɾo.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: man‧je‧ro‧na
Noun
manjerona f (plural manjeronas)
- marjoram (Origanum majorana, a herb of the mint family)
Further reading
- “manjerona”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “manjerona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026