zircão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French zircon, from German Zirkon, a late-18th-century invention after Arabic زَرْقُون‎ (zarqūn).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziʁˈkɐ̃w̃/ [zihˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ziɾˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ziɾˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ziʁˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ziχˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziɻˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ziɻˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ziɾˈkɐ̃w̃/

Noun

zircão m (plural zircões)

(mineralogy) zircon (a mineral of silica and zirconia)

Related terms

zircónio

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