polmo

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of polme.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.mu/ [ˈpoʊ̯.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.mu/ [ˈpoʊ̯.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.mo/ [ˈpoʊ̯.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.mu/ [ˈpoɫ.mu]

• Rhymes: -owmu, -olmu
• Hyphenation: pol‧mo

Noun

polmo m (plural polmos)

1. cloudiness (turbidity in a liquid produced by the presence of foreign bodies)
2. (Trás-os-Montes) oidium

Further reading

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