tornassol

Catalan

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to return”) ‎ sol (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌtor.nəˈsɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌtoɾ.naˈsɔl]

Noun

tornassol m (plural tornassols)

1. sheen, iridescence
   • 1920, Joaquim Ruyra, L'idil·li d'en Temme:

     A l'horitzó marí, el tornassol crepuscular, esmortint-se, moradejava.

     On the marine horizon, the crepuscular sheen, dying away, turned violet.

2. dyer's croton (Chrozophora tinctoria)
3. (historical) turnsole (dyestuff extracted from dyer's croton)
4. litmus (dyestuff extracted from lichens)

Derived terms

• paper de tornassol

Further reading

• “tornassol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tornassol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tornasol (obsolete)

Etymology

From tornar ‎ sol.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁ.naˈsɔw/ [toɦ.naˈsɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁ.naˈsɔw/ [toɦ.naˈsɔʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toɾ.naˈsɔw/ [toɾ.naˈsɔʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʁ.naˈsɔw/ [toʁ.naˈsɔʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toɻ.naˈsɔw/ [toɻ.naˈsɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾ.nɐˈsɔl/ [tuɾ.nɐˈsɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾ.nɐˈsɔl/ [tuɾ.nɐˈsɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾ.nɐˈsɔ.li/

• Hyphenation: tor‧nas‧sol

Noun

tornassol m (plural tornassóis)

1. (uncountable) litmus (dyestuff extracted from lichen)
2. sunflower (any plant of the genus Helianthus, characterised by their large, yellow floral head)

   Synonyms: girassol, helianto, heliotrópio