aríete
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin arietem (“ram”). Doublet of Áries.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]aríete m (plural aríetes)
- (historical, military) battering ram (siege engine used for battering down walls and gates)
- Synonym: carneiro
- (historical, nautical) ram (reinforced section of the bow used for ramming other ships)
- enforcer; battering ram (modern device used by the emergency services)
Derived terms
[edit]adjectives
nouns
- arietino m
verbs
Further reading
[edit]- “aríete” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “aríete” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iet͡ʃi
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iet͡ʃi/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iɨtɨ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iɨtɨ/4 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms with historical senses
- pt:Military
- pt:Ship parts
- pt:Weapons