eucaliptal

Portuguese

Etymology

From eucalipto (“eucalyptus”) +‎ -al (“field of”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.ka.lipˈtaw/ [eʊ̯.ka.lipˈtaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ew.kɐ.liˈptal/ [ew.kɐ.liˈptaɫ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: eu‧ca‧lip‧tal

Noun

eucaliptal m (plural eucaliptais)

a eucalyptus grove or plantation

Alternative forms

eucalyptal (obsolete)

References

“eucaliptal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
“eucaliptal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Noun

eucaliptal m (plural eucaliptales)

eucalyptus plantation

Further reading

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

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