ornitofilia

Portuguese

Etymology

From ornito- +‎ -filia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˌni.to.fiˈli.ɐ/ [oɦˌni.to.fiˈli.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˌni.to.fiˈli.ɐ/ [oɦˌni.to.fiˈli.ɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˌni.to.fiˈli.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˌni.to.fiˈli.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻˌni.to.fiˈli.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˌni.tɔ.fiˈli.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: or‧ni‧to‧fi‧li‧a

Noun

ornitofilia f (uncountable)

1. love or interest for birds
2. (botany) ornithophily (pollination by birds)

Further reading

• “ornitofilia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024