Masculin

javali

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (masculine) wild boar
  2. (Africa, masculine) warthog

Synonymes

porco-montês

berrão

Sus scrofa

Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ʒa.vaˈli/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, literally “pig of the mountains”) via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Galician xabaril, xabarín, Asturian xabalín, Spanish jabalí (whence English javelina) and Aragonese chabalin.

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