noz-moscada
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌnɔ(j)z.mosˈka.dɐ/ [ˌnɔ(ɪ̯)z.mosˈka.dɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌnɔ(j)ʒ.moʃˈka.dɐ/ [ˌnɔ(ɪ̯)ʒ.moʃˈka.dɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌnɔ(j)z.mosˈka.da/ [ˌnɔ(ɪ̯)z.mosˈka.da]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌnɔʒ.muʃˈka.dɐ/ [ˌnɔʒ.muʃˈka.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: noz‧mos‧ca‧da
Noun
noz-moscada f (plural nozes-moscadas)
- nutmeg (Myristica fragrans, an evergreen tree of the East Indies)
- nutmeg (the spicy seed of the nutmeg tree)
Further reading
- “noz-moscada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “noz-moscada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026