camurça

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox, influenced by corça (“doe”). Cognate with Spanish gamuza, Occitan camos and French chamois.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmuʁ.sɐ/ [kaˈmuh.sɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈmuɾ.sɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈmuʁ.sɐ/ [kaˈmuχ.sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmuɻ.sa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmuɾ.sɐ/

Hyphenation: ca‧mur‧ça

Noun

camurça f (plural camurças)

chamois (species of goat)
suede (type of leather)

Further reading

“camurça” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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