fevereiro

See also: Fevereiro

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

fevereiro m

Alternative form of fevreyro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Fevereiro (pre-1990)
fevreiro (obsolete, dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fevereiro, fevreyro, febreyro, from Late Latin Febrārius, from Latin Februārius, from fēbruum (“purification”), via the purification ritual Fēbrua held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.veˈɾe(j).ɾu/ [fe.veˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.veˈɾe(j).ɾo/ [fe.veˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.vɨˈɾɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.bɨˈɾej.ɾu/ [fɨ.βɨˈɾej.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.vɨˈɾej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.vɨˈɾe.ɾu/

Hyphenation: fe‧ve‧rei‧ro
Audio (Brazil) (file)

Noun

fevereiro m (plural fevereiros)

February

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: febreru
→ Tetum: fevereiru

See also

(Gregorian calendar months) mês do calendário gregoriano; janeiro, fevereiro, março, abril, maio, junho, julho, agosto, setembro, outubro, novembro, dezembro ^{(Category: pt:Months)}

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