tornassol
Catalan
Noun
tornassol m (plural tornassols)
- sheen, iridescence
- 1920, Joaquim Ruyra, L'idil·li d'en Temme:
- A l'horitzó marí, el tornassol crepuscular, esmortint-se, moradejava.
- On the marine horizon, the crepuscular sheen, dying away, turned violet.
- dyer's croton (Chrozophora tinctoria)
- (historical) turnsole (dyestuff extracted from dyer's croton)
- litmus (dyestuff extracted from lichens)
Derived terms
- paper de tornassol
Further reading
- “tornassol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tornassol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- tornasol (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁ.naˈsɔw/ [toɦ.naˈsɔʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾ.naˈsɔw/ [toɾ.naˈsɔʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁ.naˈsɔw/ [toʁ.naˈsɔʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toɻ.naˈsɔw/ [toɻ.naˈsɔʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾ.nɐˈsɔl/ [tuɾ.nɐˈsɔɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾ.nɐˈsɔ.li/
- Hyphenation: tor‧nas‧sol
Noun
tornassol m (plural tornassóis)
- (uncountable) litmus (dyestuff extracted from lichen)
- sunflower (any plant of the genus Helianthus, characterised by their large, yellow floral head)
- Synonyms: girassol, helianto, heliotrópio
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