alcácer

See also: alcacer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alcacer / alcaçar, from Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr), via Andalusian Arabic. Doublet of castro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈka.sɛɾ/

Noun

alcácer m (plural alcáceres)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alcáçar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alcacer / alcaçar, from Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr), via Andalusian Arabic. Doublet of castro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈka.seʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈka.seh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈka.seʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈka.seh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈka.seɾ/ [aʊ̯ˈka.seɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈka.seʁ/ [aʊ̯ˈka.seχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /awˈka.seɻ/ [aʊ̯ˈka.seɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈka.sɛɾ/ [aɫˈka.sɛɾ]

• Hyphenation: al‧cá‧cer

Noun

alcácer m (plural alcáceres)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress)
2. (by extension) palace

Derived terms

• Alcácer Ceguer
• Alcácer do Sal
• Alcácer Quibir

Further reading

• “alcácer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alcácer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026