pau-brasil

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See also: Pau Brasil

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese pau-brasil

Noun

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pau-brasil (uncountable)

  1. brazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata.

Portuguese

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 pau-brasil on Portuguese Wikipedia
pau-brasil

Etymology

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    Etymology tree

    Proto-Italic *pākslos


    Latin palus


    Old Galician-Portuguese pao


    Portuguese pau

    Old Galician-Portuguese brasa


    Portuguese brasa

    Proto-Italic *-elis



    Portuguese -il


    Portuguese brasil


    Portuguese pau-brasil

    From pau (“stick, wood”) +‎ brasil (“ember-coloured”). The term originally refered to an Asian species of dyewood, but changed to the current sense after the discovery of Brazil.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpaw.bɾaˈziw/ [ˌpaʊ̯.bɾaˈziʊ̯]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌpaw.bɾɐˈzil/ [ˌpaw.βɾɐˈziɫ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌpaw.bɾɐˈzi.li/ [ˌpaw.βɾɐˈzi.li]

    • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw

    Noun

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    pau-brasil m (plural paus-brasil or paus-brasis)

    1. brazilwood (a Brazilian timber tree, Paubrasilia echinata)
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pau-brasil
    2. (obsolete) sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)
      Synonym: sapão
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