balzaquiano

Portuguese

Etymology

After the writer Honoré de Balzac.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baw.za.kiˈɐ̃.nu/ [baʊ̯.za.kɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /baw.zaˈkjɐ̃.nu/ [baʊ̯.zaˈkjɐ̃.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baw.za.kiˈɐ̃.nu/ [baʊ̯.za.kɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /baw.zaˈkjɐ̃.nu/ [baʊ̯.zaˈkjɐ̃.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baw.za.kiˈɐ.no/ [baʊ̯.za.kɪˈɐ.no], (faster pronunciation) /baw.zaˈkjɐ.no/ [baʊ̯.zaˈkjɐ.no]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bal.zɐˈkjɐ.nu/ [baɫ.zɐˈkjɐ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bal.zɐˈkjɐ.nu/ [baɫ.zɐˈkjɐ.nu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bal.zɐˈkja.nu/ [baɫ.zɐˈkja.nu]

• Hyphenation: bal‧za‧qui‧a‧no

Adjective

balzaquiano (feminine balzaquiana, masculine plural balzaquianos, feminine plural balzaquianas)

1. Balzacian (pertaining, related or similar to the writer Honoré de Balzac, his work or his style)
2. (of a person) thirtysomething (between 30 and 39 years of age)

Related terms

• balzaca