brasil

See also: Brasil

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Vulgar Latin *brasa

Old Galician-Portuguese brasa

Portuguese brasa

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -īlislbor.

Portuguese -il

Portuguese brasil

From brasa (“ember”) +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈziw/ [bɾaˈziʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐˈzil/ [bɾɐˈziɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐˈzil/ [bɾɐˈziɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐˈzi.li/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Homophone: Brasil
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: bra‧sil

Noun

brasil m (plural brasis)

1. brazilwood

Adjective

brasil m or f (plural brasis)

1. (archaic) relating to embers, ember-coloured

Related terms

• pau-brasil
• Brasil

Spanish

Etymology

From brasa +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾaˈsil/ [bɾaˈsil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: bra‧sil

Noun

brasil m (plural brasiles)

1. brazil, brazilwood

Related terms

• Brasil
• brasilete

 

Further reading

• “brasil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16