carrilhão

Portuguese

carrilhão

Etymology

Borrowed from French carillon, from Old French carignon, from Vulgar Latin *quadrīniōnem, from Latin quaterniōnem, from quater (“four times”). Doublet of quaternião.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ka.hiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ka.hiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.ʁiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ka.χiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʁiˈʎɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: car‧ri‧lhão

Noun

carrilhão m (plural carrilhões)

1. carillon

Derived terms

• carrilhonista

Related terms

• quaternião
• quatro

See also

• sino
• campanário