jacinto

See also: Jacinto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hiacinto

Etymology

From Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐˈsĩ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ĩtu
• Homophone: Jacinto
• Hyphenation: ja‧cin‧to

Noun

jacinto m (plural jacintos)

1. hyacinth (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)
   1. a flower of this plant
2. jacinth (variety of zircon)

   Hypernym: zircão

Related terms

• jacintino

 

Further reading

• “jacinto” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “jacinto” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “jacinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “jacinto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “jacinto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “jacinto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

jacinto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xaˈθinto/ [xaˈθĩn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /xaˈsinto/ [xaˈsĩn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: ja‧cin‧to

Noun

jacinto m (plural jacintos)

1. hyacinth

Derived terms

• jacintino
• jacinto de agua
• jacinto de los bosques

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: hasinto

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “jacinto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 480

Further reading

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