zircão

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French zircon, from German Zirkon, a late-18th-century invention after Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziʁˈkɐ̃w̃/ [zihˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ziɾˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ziɾˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ziʁˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ziχˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziɻˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ziɻˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ziɾˈkɐ̃w̃/

Noun[edit]

zircão m (plural zircões)

(mineralogy) zircon (a mineral of silica and zirconia)

Related terms[edit]

zircónio

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