caixilho

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Proto-Italic *kapsos

Latin capsa

Old Catalan caixabor.

Old Galician-Portuguese caixa

Portuguese caixa

Portuguese -ilho

Portuguese caixilho

From caixa (“box”) + -ilho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kajˈʃi.ʎu/ [kaɪ̯ˈʃi.ʎu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kajˈʃi.ʎu/ [kaɪ̯ˈʃi.ʎu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kajˈʃi.ʎo/ [kaɪ̯ˈʃi.ʎo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kajˈʃi.ʎu/

• Rhymes: -iʎu
• Hyphenation: cai‧xi‧lho

Noun

caixilho m (plural caixilhos)

1. frame

   Synonym: moldura

Derived terms

• encaixilhar

Further reading

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