Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from Latin canicula.

Noun edit

canícula f (plural canículas)

  1. intense heat

Etymology 2 edit

From cana +‎ -i- +‎ -cula.[1]

Noun edit

canícula f (plural canículas)

  1. small and slender cane
  2. (informal) slender leg

References edit

  1. ^ canícula” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin canicula. Doublet of canijo (and the feminine canija).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaˈnikula/ [kaˈni.ku.la]
  • Rhymes: -ikula
  • Syllabification: ca‧ní‧cu‧la

Noun edit

canícula f (plural canículas)

  1. dog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)

Further reading edit