charneca

Portuguese

FWOTD – 5 June 2023

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cerrica, from cerrus (“Turkey oak”), via Mozarabic.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁˈnɛ.kɐ/ [ʃaɦˈnɛ.kɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃaɾˈnɛ.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁˈnɛ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaɻˈnɛ.ka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐɾˈnɛ.kɐ/

(Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɐɾˈnɛ.kɐ]
Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
Hyphenation: char‧ne‧ca

Noun

charneca f (plural charnecas)

heathland (tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation)
- 1930, Florbela Espanca, Charneca em Flor:
  Olhos a arder em êxtases de amor, / Boca a saber a sol, a fruto, a mel: / Sou a charneca rude a abrir em flor!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Charneca de Caparica

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