janeiras
Portuguese
FWOTD – 26 April 2015
Etymology
From janeiro (“January”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈne(j).ɾɐs/ [ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐs]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒaˈne(j).ɾɐʃ/ [ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈne(j).ɾas/ [ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾas]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾɐʃ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɐˈnej.ɾɐʃ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɐˈne.ɾɐʃ/
- Hyphenation: ja‧nei‧ras
Noun
janeiras f pl (plural only)
- New Year's carols (traditional songs celebrating the New Year and Epiphany)
- 1884, Consiglieri Pedroso, Tradições Populares Portuguesas:
- Na véspera do dia de Ano Bom, vão ranchos cantar as janeiras defronte das casas das pessoas abastadas, para receberem alguma espórtula.
- During New Year's Eve, in order to gather alms, groups of people sing the janeiras before the houses of the rich.
- 1884, Consiglieri Pedroso, Tradições Populares Portuguesas:
Derived terms
- janeireiro
See also
- maias