almoço
See also: almôço
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- almôço (obsolete, noun only)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese almorço, from Latin admorsus or Vulgar Latin *admordium, in either case deriving from admordeō (“I bite or gnaw at or into”).Compare Spanish almuerzo.
Pronunciation
- Noun:
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /aɫ.ˈmo.su/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.ˈmo.su/
- Verb:
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /aɫ.ˈmɔ.su/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.ˈmɔ.su/
- Hyphenation: al‧mo‧ço
Noun
almoço m (plural almoços)
- lunch (meal eaten at noon)
Usage notes
The plural is metaphonic in Portugal, but not in Brazil.
Derived terms
- almocinho, almoçozinho (diminutives)
- almoção (augmentative)
- almoçador
- almoço ajantarado
- pequeno-almoço
Related terms
- almoçar
Descendants
- Angolar: lomothu
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: almos, almosu
- Indo-Portuguese: almoça
- Kabuverdianu: almusu
- Principense: romosu
- Tetum: almosu
Verb
almoço
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of almoçar