lavatório

See also: lavatorio

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lavatōrium.[1] By surface analysis, lavar +‎ -tório Doublet of lavadouro, an alteration of the inherited lavadoiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ [la.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ [la.vaˈtɔ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /la.vaˈtɔ.ɾjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.vɐˈtɔ.ɾju/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.bɐˈtɔ.ɾju/ [lɐ.βɐˈtɔ.ɾju]

Rhymes: -ɔɾiu, (faster pronunciation) -ɔɾju
Hyphenation: la‧va‧tó‧ri‧o

Noun

lavatório m (plural lavatórios)

washbasin

References

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

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