tupinambor

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

tupinambo

Etymology

Borrowed from French topinambour, from Old Tupi.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈboʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈboɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈboʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈboɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈboɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.pi.nɐ̃ˈbo.ɾi/

Noun

tupinambor m (plural tupinambores)

Jerusalem artichoke (variety of sunflower with edible tubers)

References

^ “tupinambor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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