alcornoque

English

Noun

alcornoque

1. The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.

Alternative forms

• alcornoco

Portuguese

Etymology

From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from Latin quernus (“relating to oak”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.koʁˈnɔ.ki/ [aʊ̯.koɦˈnɔ.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.koʁˈnɔ.ki/ [aʊ̯.koɦˈnɔ.ki]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.koɾˈnɔ.ki/ [aʊ̯.koɾˈnɔ.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.koʁˈnɔ.ki/ [aʊ̯.koʁˈnɔ.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.koɻˈnɔ.ke/ [aʊ̯.koɻˈnɔ.ke]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kuɾˈnɔ.kɨ/ [aɫ.kuɾˈnɔ.kɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ
• Hyphenation: al‧cor‧no‧que

Noun

alcornoque m (plural alcornoques)

1. (botany) tree of the fagaceae family (Quercus suber) from which cork is extracted

   Synonyms: sobreiro, sobro

2. (Alentejo) old cork oak trunk

Further reading

• “alcornoque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from the Arabic article al- + quernus, variation of Latin quercus + Hispanic suffix -occus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkoɾˈnoke/ [al.koɾˈno.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: al‧cor‧no‧que

Noun

alcornoque m (plural alcornoques)

1. cork oak
2. cork (bark of the cork oak)

   Synonym: corcho

3. (slang) nincompoop

Derived terms

• alcornocal

 

Further reading

• “alcornoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16