língua-de-ovelha
Portuguese, noun/ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ d͡ʒi oˈve.ʎɐ/
língua-de-ovelha is spelled L-Í-N-G-U-A-D-E-O-V-E-L-H-A (14 letters). Língua-de-ovelha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ribwort (Plantago lanceolata)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variedade de festuca, que se dá em terrenos pobres”.
What does língua-de-ovelha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineribwort (Plantago lanceolata)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. variedade de festuca, que se dá em terrenos pobres 2. tanchagem da espécie Plantago lanceolata
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of língua-de-ovelha
- línguas-de-ovelha plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce língua-de-ovelha?
- Brazil /ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ d͡ʒi oˈve.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ d‿ɔˈvɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- Portugal [ˈlĩ.ɡwɐ ð‿ɔˈvɐ(j).ʎɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.