🇵🇹 Portuguese

noz

feminine

a noz

walnut

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noz
/a ˈnɔs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say noz in Portuguese?

IPA
/a ˈnɔs/

How do you pronounce noz in Portuguese?

noz is pronounced /a ˈnɔs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A noz fresca que comprei ontem estava deliciosa.

The fresh walnut that I bought yesterday was delicious.

Aquela noz quebrada era muito dura para comer.

That broken walnut was too hard to eat.

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Why is it feminine?

Noz (walnut) is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "nux, nucis," which was feminine in the third declension, and this grammatical gender was preserved through the Romance language evolution. The Latin feminine form naturally carried over into Portuguese as "noz," maintaining its original gender classification.

What is the Portuguese word for walnut?

The Portuguese word for walnut is a noz — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchnoixlafeminine

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