ninho

Portuguese

aves num ninho

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *nio, *nĩo (“nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”), from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).

Compare Galician niño, Spanish nido, Catalan niu, French nid and Italian nido.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ.ɲu/ [ˈnĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ.ɲu/ [ˈnĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɲu/

• Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu
• Hyphenation: ni‧nho

Noun

ninho m (plural ninhos)

1. (ornithology) nest (bird-built structure)
2. (by extension) nest (place used by any animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)

   Synonyms: covil, toca

3. (figurative) one’s home viewed affectionately

   Synonyms: abrigo, castelo, lar

Derived terms

• ninho de cobra
• ninho de geada
• ninho de guincho
• ninho de metralhadora
• ninho de rato

 

Related terms

• aninhar
• desanichar
• desaninhar
• nicho
• nidação
• nidícola
• nidificação
• nidificante
• nidificar
• nieiro
• ninhal
• ninhário
• ninhego
• ninheiro

 

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: ninhu