casimira

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French casimir, from English cassimer, from Cashemire. Doublet of Caxemira

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ziˈmi.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ziˈmi.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ziˈmi.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.zɨˈmi.ɾɐ/, /kɐ.ziˈmi.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧si‧mi‧ra

Noun

casimira f (plural casimiras)

1. cashmere

Related terms

• Caxemira
• caxemira

Further reading

• “casimira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “casimira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026