promontório

See also: promontorio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• promontorio (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōmontōrium, alternative form of prōmunturium (“peak; promontory”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.mõˈtɔ.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: pro‧mon‧tó‧ri‧o

Noun

promontório m (plural promontórios)

1. (geology) promontory (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)

Hypernyms

• cabo

Derived terms

• promontório do osso sacro

Related terms

• promontorial