ranhura

Portuguese

Etymology

From French rainure. Compare Spanish ranura.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈɲu.ɾɐ/ [hɐ̃ˈj̃u.ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈɲu.ɾɐ/ [χɐ̃ˈj̃u.ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈɲu.ɾa/ [hɐˈɲu.ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈɲu.ɾɐ/

Noun

ranhura f (plural ranhuras)

slit; groove (narrow cut)
(architecture) flute (groove in the shaft of a column)

Further reading

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