monsenhor

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian monsignore.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.sẽˈɲoʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mõ.sẽˈɲoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mõ.sẽˈɲoʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.seˈɲoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.sɨˈɲoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.sɨˈɲo.ɾi/

Hyphenation: mon‧se‧nhor

Noun

monsenhor m (plural monsenhores)

(Roman Catholicism) Monsignor (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
(ornithology) (Granatina granatina) African bird, of the Estrildidae family, endemic to tropical and subtropical regions. It grows to about 14 centimetres in length and has a reddish beak, long tail and rufous plumage, with violet cheeks and blue feathers in the uropygial area

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