calcanhar

Portuguese

calcanhar

Etymology

From the now uncommon and mostly slang term calcanho (“foot; heel”), itself from Latin calcāneum (“heel”), whence also the learned borrowing calcâneo; less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calcaneāre. Appears as calcannar in Old Galician-Portuguese. Compare Spanish calcañar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ɾ)/ [kaʊ̯.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.kɐˈɲa(ɻ)/ [kaʊ̯.kɐˈɲa(ɻ)]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.kɐˈɲaɾ/ [kaɫ.kɐˈɲaɾ]

• Hyphenation: cal‧ca‧nhar

Noun

calcanhar m (plural calcanhares)

1. (anatomy) heel (part of the foot)

Related terms

• calcâneo
• calcar
• coice