paquiderme

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.kiˈdɛʁ.mi/ [pa.kiˈdɛɦ.mi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pa.kiˈdɛɾ.mi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pa.kiˈdɛʁ.mi/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pa.kiˈdɛɻ.mi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.kiˈdɛɾ.mi/ [pɐ.kiˈðɛɾ.mi]

Hyphenation: pa‧qui‧der‧me

Noun

paquiderme m or f (plural paquidermes)

(zoology) pachyderm
(figurative, derogatory) rustic and/or ignorant person

Further reading

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