perlimpimpim

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

pirlimpimpim

Etymology

Coined by Monteiro Lobato. Probably inspired by French perlimpinpin.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.lĩ.pĩˈpĩ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.lĩ.pĩˈpĩ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.lĩ.pĩˈpĩ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.lĩ.pĩˈpĩ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.lĩ.pĩˈpĩ/

Noun

perlimpimpim m (plural perlimpimpins)

Only used in pó de perlimpimpim

Further reading

“perlimpimpim”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
“perlimpimpim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
“perlimpimpim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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