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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lapidārius.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /la.piˈda.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /la.piˈda.ɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /la.piˈda.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /la.piˈda.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /la.piˈda.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /la.piˈda.ɾjo/
- Rhymes: -aɾiu
- Hyphenation: la‧pi‧dá‧ri‧o
Adjective
lapidário (feminine lapidária, masculine plural lapidários, feminine plural lapidárias)
- lapidary
Noun
lapidário m (plural lapidários, feminine lapidária, feminine plural lapidárias)
- lapidary (person who cuts, polishes, or engraves gemstones)
Further reading
- “lapidário”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “lapidário”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “lapidário” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “lapidário”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “lapidário”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “lapidário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025