ninho
Portuguese
aves num ninho
Etymology
From Old Portuguese *nio, *nĩo (“nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”), from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).
Compare Galician niño, Spanish nido, Catalan niu, French nid and Italian nido.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnĩ.ɲu/ [ˈnĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈni.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈni.ɲu/
- Rhymes: -iɲu
- Hyphenation: ni‧nho
Noun
ninho m (plural ninhos)
- (ornithology) nest (bird-built structure)
- (by extension) nest (place used by any animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)
- Synonyms: covil, toca
- (figurative) one’s home viewed affectionately
- Synonyms: abrigo, castelo, lar
Derived terms
- ninho de cobra
- ninho de geada
- ninho de guincho
- ninho de metralhadora
- ninho de rato
Related terms
- aninhar
- desanichar
- desaninhar
- nicho
- nidícola
- nidificação
- nidificante
- nidificar
- nieiro
- ninhal
- ninhário
- ninhego
- ninheiro