grão-prior

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Portuguese

Etymology

From grão (gran) +‎ prior (prior).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoʁ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoʁ/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoɾ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoʁ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoʁ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoɻ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈoɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjoɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃.pɾiˈo.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈpɾjo.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: grão‧-pri‧or

Noun

grão-prior m (plural grão-priores)

  1. (Catholicism) grand prior

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