tangerineira

Portuguese

Etymology

From tangerina (“mandarin fruit”) +‎ -eira, from Tânger (“Tangier, a city in Morocco”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈne(j).ɾɐ/ [tɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈne(j).ɾa/ [tɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈne(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈnej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈnej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈne.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: tan‧ge‧ri‧nei‧ra

Noun

tangerineira f (plural tangerineiras)

mandarin (a tree)
Synonyms: bergamoteira, mandarineira, mexeriqueira, vergamoteira

Related terms

Further reading

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