pia-máter

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pia māter (literally “tender mother”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpi.ɐˈma.teʁ/ [ˌpi.ɐˈma.teh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌpi.ɐˈma.teɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌpi.ɐˈma.teʁ/ [ˌpi.ɐˈma.teχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌpi.ɐˈma.teɻ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpi.aˈma.teʁ/ [ˌpi.aˈma.teh]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpi.ɐˈma.tɛɾ/

Hyphenation: pi‧a‧má‧ter

Noun

pia-máter f (plural pia-máteres)

(anatomy) pia mater (innermost layer of the meninges)

Related terms

Further reading

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