rebanho

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Galician rabaño and Spanish rebaño, possibly also with Catalan ramat. A pre-Roman substrate origin has not been discounted.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɐ̃.ɲu/ [heˈbɐ̃.j̃u]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɐ̃.ɲu/ [χeˈbɐ̃.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈbɐ.ɲo/ [heˈbɐ.ɲo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈbɐ.ɲu/ [ʁɨˈβɐ.ɲu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈba.ɲu/ [ʁɨˈβa.ɲu]

Rhymes: -ɐɲu
Hyphenation: re‧ba‧nho

Noun

rebanho m (plural rebanhos)

(collective) herd, flock
Synonym: fato
(religion) flock
Synonyms: fiéis, paroquianos

Further reading

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