arco-íris
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom arco (“arch, bow”) + íris (“iris”). Compare Spanish arco iris.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ar‧co‧-í‧ris
Noun
editarco-íris m (plural arcos-íris)
- (meteorology) rainbow
- Synonyms: arco-celeste, arco-da-aliança, arco-da-chuva, arco-da-velha
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Tetum: arkuiris
Further reading
edit- “arco-íris”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “arco-íris”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024