almíscar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic المِسْك (al-misk) via Andalusian Arabic, from Persian مشک (mošk), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle, scrotum”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmis.kɐʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈmis.kɐh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmis.kɐʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈmis.kɐh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈmis.kɐɾ/ [aʊ̯ˈmis.kɐɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈmiʃ.kɐʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈmiʃ.kɐχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmis.kaɻ/ [aʊ̯ˈmis.kaɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈmiʃ.kaɾ/ [aɫˈmiʃ.kaɾ]

Noun

almíscar m (plural almíscares)

1. musk (greasy secretion with powerful odour)