crucífero

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin crucifer.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈsi.fe.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈsi.fe.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈsi.fe.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈsi.fɨ.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ifeɾu, -ifɨɾu
• Hyphenation: cru‧cí‧fe‧ro

Adjective

crucífero (feminine crucífera, masculine plural crucíferos, feminine plural crucíferas)

1. cruciferous (that has a cross as a badge)
2. (botany) cruciferous (that belongs to the Crucifera family)
3. (botany) cruciferous (said of the cruciform corolla)

Related terms

• cruz

 

Further reading

• “crucífero”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “crucífero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin crucifer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kɾuˈθifeɾo/ [kɾuˈθi.fe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kɾuˈsifeɾo/ [kɾuˈsi.fe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -ifeɾo
• Syllabification: cru‧cí‧fe‧ro

Adjective

crucífero (feminine crucífera, masculine plural crucíferos, feminine plural crucíferas)

1. cruciferous

Related terms

• cruz

 

Further reading

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