ninho

Meaning

1. (masculine) nest (bird-built structure)
2. (broadly, masculine) nest (place used by any animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)
3. (endearing, figuratively, masculine) home
4. (Brazil, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of leite ninho (“powdered milk”)

Concepts

nest

den

lair

bird’s nest

earth

bird-nest

container

Synonyms

fazerseuninho

vasilha

Translations

nid

nido

nido

Nest

nest

niu

φωλιά

nidus

nīdus

عُشّ

hêlîn

yuva

Horst

chez-soi

🏠

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnĩ.ɲu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: nīdus

Cognate with Galician: niño

Cognate with Spanish: nido

Cognate with Catalan: niu

Cognate with French: nid

Cognate with Italian: nido

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese *nio, *nĩo (“nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”), from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).
Compare Galician niño, Spanish nido, Catalan niu, French nid and Italian nido.

Sentences

Pássaro com ninho , fácil de encontrar .

Bird with nest, easy to find.