lavatório

See also: lavatorio

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lavatōrium. By surface analysis, lavar +‎ -tório Doublet of lavadouro, an alteration of the inherited lavadoiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [la.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [la.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ [la.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾjo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈtɔ.ɾju/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈtɔ.ɾju/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɐˈtɔ.ɾju/ [lɐ.βɐˈtɔ.ɾju]

• Rhymes: -ɔɾiu, (faster pronunciation) -ɔɾju
• Hyphenation: la‧va‧tó‧ri‧o

Noun

lavatório m (plural lavatórios)

1. washbasin