rododendro

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro.doˈdɛn.dro/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndro
• Hyphenation: ro‧do‧dèn‧dro

Noun

rododendro m (plural rododendri)

1. rhododendron

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.doˈdẽ.dɾu/ [ho.doˈdẽ.dɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.doˈdẽ.dɾu/ [ho.doˈdẽ.dɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁo.doˈdẽ.dɾu/ [χo.doˈdẽ.dɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.doˈdẽ.dɾo/ [ho.doˈdẽ.dɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁu.duˈdẽ.dɾu/ [ʁu.ðuˈðẽ.dɾu]

• Hyphenation: ro‧do‧den‧dro

Noun

rododendro m (plural rododendros)

1. rhododendron (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)

   Synonym: azaleia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rodoˈdendɾo/ [ro.ð̞oˈð̞ẽn̪.d̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -endɾo
• Syllabification: ro‧do‧den‧dro

Noun

rododendro m (plural rododendros)

1. rhododendron

Further reading

• “rododendro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014