quermesse
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- kermesse (obsolete)
Etymology
From French kermesse, from Dutch kermis, from kerk (“church”) + mis (“mass”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /keʁˈmɛ.si/ [keɦˈmɛ.si]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /keɾˈmɛ.si/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /keʁˈmɛ.si/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /keɻˈmɛ.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /keʁˈmɛ.se/ [keɦˈmɛ.se]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɨɾˈmɛ.sɨ/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [kɛhˈmɛ.si]
- Hyphenation: quer‧mes‧se
Noun
quermesse f (plural quermesses)
Further reading
- “quermesse”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “quermesse”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026