lêmure

See also: lemure, Lemure, and lémure

Portuguese
lêmure (sense 2)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lemures (“the ghosts of the dead”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.mu.ɾi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈle.mu.ɾe/

  • Hyphenation: lê‧mu‧re

Noun

lêmure m (plural lêmures) (Brazilian spelling)

  1. (Roman mythology) lemures (spirits or ghosts of the dead)
  2. lemur (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
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