urze

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ulze, from Latin ulīcem (“a shrub similar to rosemary”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.zi/ [ˈuɦ.zi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.zi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.zi/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈuɻ.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.ze/ [ˈuɦ.ze]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.zɨ/

Hyphenation: ur‧ze

Noun

urze f (plural urzes)

heather (plant)
heather (various species of the genus Erica)

Further reading

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