amish

See also: Amish

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Amish.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mi.ʃi/, /aˈmi.ʃi/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈɐ.miʃ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mi.ʃi/, /aˈmi.ʃi/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈɐ.miʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mi.ʃe/, /aˈmi.ʃe/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈɐ.miʃ/

Adjective

amish (invariable)

1. Amish (relating to the Amish sect)

Noun

amish m or f by sense (invariable)

1. Amish (member of a strict Anabaptist sect)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Amish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamiʃ/ [ˈa.miʃ]
• Rhymes: -amiʃ
• Syllabification: a‧mish

Adjective

amish (invariable)

1. Amish

Noun

amish m or f by sense (plural amish)

1. Amish

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “amish”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014