lampreia

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin lampraeda,^[1]^[2] lamprēda.

Cognate with Galician and Spanish lamprea, Italian lampreda, French lamproie, and English lamprey.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈpɾej.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈpɾej.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈpɾɐj.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈpɾej.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈpɾej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈpɾe.ɐ/

Hyphenation: lam‧prei‧a

Noun

lampreia f (plural lampreias)

lamprey (eel-like fish with no jaw)

Derived terms

lampreia de ovos

References

^ “lampreia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “lampreia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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