brazil

See also: Brazil

English

Alternative forms

• brasil, Brazil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹə.ˈzɪl/

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• Hyphenation: bra‧zil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

brazil (plural brazils)

1. (obsolete) A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood. [14th–17th c.]
   • 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum:

     A small Quantity of Saffron will Tinct more then a very great Quantity of Brasil.

2. The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata. [from 15th c.]
   • 1594, Thomas Blundeville, Exercises:

     The Prouince Brasilia tooke his name of the woode called Brasill.

   • 1886, Francis Quarles, Emblems:

     Thou know'st my brittle temper's prone to break.
     Are my bones brazil or my flesh of oak?

   • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198:

     [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.

3. A Brazil nut.

   I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.

4. A seam of coal containing iron pyrites

Derived terms

• hard as brazil

 

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɒzil]
• Hyphenation: bra‧zil
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

brazil (not comparable)

1. Brazilian (of, from, or relating to Brazil, or the Brazilian people)

Noun

brazil (plural brazilok)

1. Brazilian (a person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	brazil	brazilok
accusative	brazilt	brazilokat
dative	brazilnak	braziloknak
instrumental	brazillal	brazilokkal
causal-final	brazilért	brazilokért
translative	brazillá	brazilokká
terminative	brazilig	brazilokig
essive-formal	brazilként	brazilokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	brazilban	brazilokban
superessive	brazilon	brazilokon
adessive	brazilnál	braziloknál
illative	brazilba	brazilokba
sublative	brazilra	brazilokra
allative	brazilhoz	brazilokhoz
elative	brazilból	brazilokból
delative	brazilról	brazilokról
ablative	braziltól	braziloktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	brazilé	braziloké
non-attributive possessive - plural	braziléi	brazilokéi

Possessive forms of brazil
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	brazilom	braziljaim
2nd person sing.	brazilod	braziljaid
3rd person sing.	brazilja	braziljai
1st person plural	brazilunk	braziljaink
2nd person plural	brazilotok	braziljaitok
3rd person plural	braziljuk	braziljaik

Related terms

• Brazília

 

Further reading

• brazil in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)