zircão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French zircon, from German Zirkon, a late-18th-century invention after Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziʁˈkɐ̃w̃/ [zihˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziʁˈkɐ̃w̃/ [zihˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ziɾˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ziɾˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ziʁˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ziχˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziɻˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ziɻˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ziɾˈkɐ̃w̃/

Noun

zircão m (plural zircões)

1. (mineralogy) zircon (a mineral of silica and zirconia)

Related terms

• zircónio