jacinto

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

hiacinto

Etymology

From Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈsĩ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐˈsĩ.tu/

Rhymes: -ĩtu
Homophone: Jacinto
Hyphenation: ja‧cin‧to

Noun

jacinto m (plural jacintos)

hyacinth (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)
1. a flower of this plant
jacinth (variety of zircon)
Hypernym: zircão

Related terms

jacintino

Further reading

“jacinto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“jacinto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
“jacinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“jacinto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“jacinto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
“jacinto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Jacinto

jacinto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaˈθinto/ (Spain)
IPA^(key): /xaˈsinto/ (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -into
Syllabification: ja‧cin‧to

Noun

jacinto m (plural jacintos)

hyacinth

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Tagalog: hasinto

References

Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “jacinto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 480

Further reading

“jacinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

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