andaime

Portuguese

Possibly derived from andar, or Arabic الدَاعِم (ad-dāʕim, “supporter”).^[1] Compare Spanish andamio.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdaj.mi/ [ɐ̃ˈdaɪ̯.mi], /ɐ̃ˈdɐj.mi/ [ɐ̃ˈdɐɪ̯.mi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdaj.me/ [ɐ̃ˈdaɪ̯.me], /ɐ̃ˈdɐj.me/ [ɐ̃ˈdɐɪ̯.me]

andaime m (plural andaimes)

scaffold
Synonym: bailéu
- 2016 May 17, Casa do Construtor, 0:17 from the start, in Como montar andaimes‎^[1], via Youtube:
  Para se trabalhar na construção civil em locais altos, são necessários painéis metálicos que, montados, formam os andaimes.
  /ɐ̃ˈdɐjmis/
  To work in civil construction in high places, metal panels are needed which, when assembled, form scaffolding.
(architecture, military) wall walk, allure (protected pathway on a wall of a city or castle)
Synonyms: adarve, caminho de ronda

^ A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986), page 116