artelho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese artelho, from Vulgar Latin *articlus, a syncopated/contracted form of Latin articulus (digiti). Compare the borrowed doublets artigo and artículo. Compare Galician artello, Spanish artejo, Catalan artell, Occitan artelh, French orteil.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈte.ʎu/ [ahˈte.ʎu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈte.ʎu/ [ahˈte.ʎu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈte.ʎu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈte.ʎu/ [aχˈte.ʎu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻˈte.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈte.ʎo/ [ahˈte.ʎo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈtɐ(j).ʎu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈtɐ(j).ʎu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈte.ʎu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈte.ʎu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈte.ʎu/

• Rhymes: -eʎu, -ɐʎu
• Hyphenation: ar‧te‧lho

Noun

artelho m (plural artelhos)

1. (anatomy) toe (digit of the foot)

   Synonyms: (formal) pododáctilo, dedo do pé

2. (anatomy, Portugal) ankle (tibio-tarsic joint)

   Synonym: tornozelo

Further reading

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