ninho

Portuguese

aves num ninho

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *nio, *nĩo (“nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”), from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).

Compare Galician niño, Spanish nido, Catalan niu, French nid and Italian nido.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ.ɲu/ [ˈnĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɲo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɲu/

Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu
Hyphenation: ni‧nho

Noun

ninho m (plural ninhos)

(ornithology) nest (bird-built structure)
(by extension) nest (place used by any animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)
Synonyms: covil, toca
(figurative) one’s home viewed affectionately
Synonyms: abrigo, castelo, lar

Derived terms

ninho de cobra
ninho de geada
ninho de guincho
ninho de metralhadora
ninho de rato

Related terms

aninhar
desanichar
desaninhar
nicho
nidação
nidícola
nidificação
nidificante
nidificar
nieiro
ninhal
ninhário
ninhego
ninheiro

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: ninhu

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