carcaju

Portuguese

Um carcaju

Etymology

Borrowed from French carcajou, from Algonquian.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kaˈʒu/ [kah.kaˈʒu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kaˈʒu/ [kah.kaˈʒu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.kaˈʒu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kaˈʒu/ [kaχ.kaˈʒu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.kaˈʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.kɐˈʒu/

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

carcaju m (plural carcajus)

1. wolverine, carcajou

   Synonym: glutão

Further reading

• “carcaju”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024