berço

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French berceau, ultimately from Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).

Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with Catalan bressol.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.su/ [ˈbeh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.su/ [ˈbeh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.su/ [ˈbeχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɻ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.su/

• Hyphenation: ber‧ço

Noun

berço m (plural berços)

1. cradle, crib
2. (figuratively) birthplace
3. (historical, weaponry) a type of short cannon

Related terms

• berçário

Further reading

• berço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 2

Verb

berço

1. first-person singular present indicative of berçar