ouriço

Meaning

1. (masculine) hedgehog
2. (masculine) chestnut burr
3. (masculine) sea urchin

Concepts

hedgehog

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hedgehogs

burr

Erinaceus europaeus

Erinaceus europeaeus

Synonyms

ouriço-cacheiro

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porco-espinho

Ouriço-terrestre

Translations

hérisson

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erizo

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Igel

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riccio

egel

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eriçó

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kirpi

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eriç

eriçon

σκατζόχοιρος

قنفذ

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ericius

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σκαντζόχοιρος

قُنْفُذ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/o(w)ˈɾi.su/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: ēricius

Cognate with Galician: ourizo

Cognate with Asturian: oriciu

Cognate with Spanish: erizo

Cognate with Catalan: eriçó

Cognate with Occitan: eriç

Cognate with French: hérisson

Cognate with Italian: riccio

Cognate with Romanian: arici

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriço, from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *auricius), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”).
Cognate with Galician ourizo, Asturian oriciu, Spanish erizo (Santander dialect orizo), Catalan eriçó (dialectal oriç), Occitan eriç, French hérisson (cf. also oursin), Italian riccio and Romanian arici.