monsenhor
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian monsignore.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mon‧se‧nhor
Noun edit
monsenhor m (plural monsenhores)
- (Roman Catholicism) Monsignor (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
- (ornithology) (Granatina granatina) African bird, of the Strildidae family, endemic to tropical and subtropical regions. It grows to about 14 centimetres in length and has a reddish beak, long tail and rufous plumage, with violet cheeks and blue feathers in the uropygial area