cerebro

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See also: cérebro and cerebro-

Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin cerebrum.

Noun

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cerebro m (plural cerebros)

  1. (anatomy) cerebrum
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Ido

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Noun

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cerebro (plural cerebri)

  1. (anatomy) brain

Interlingua

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Noun

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cerebro (plural cerebros)

  1. (anatomy) brain

Italian

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Etymology

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Probably an early borrowing from Latin cerebrum (brain, skull), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (head). Cf. the related cervello, which was inherited from a diminutive of the Latin word.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.re.bro/, (poetic) /t͡ʃeˈrɛ.bro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrebro, (poetic) -ɛbro
  • Hyphenation: cè‧re‧bro, (poetic) ce‧rè‧bro

Noun

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cerebro m (plural cerebri)

  1. (archaic, poetic) brain
    Synonym: cervello
  2. (entomology) the brain of an insect
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Further reading

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  • cerebro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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cerebrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cerebrum

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish cerebro, an early borrowing from Latin cerebrum (brain, skull) (although influenced by the popular or Vulgar Latin pronunciation, with stress on the second syllable, in contrast to Portuguese cérebro; the variant celebro was the result of dissimilation),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (head). In Old Spanish meollos was also used to refer to the brain.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈɾebɾo/ [θeˈɾe.β̞ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈɾebɾo/ [seˈɾe.β̞ɾo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ebɾo
  • Syllabification: ce‧re‧bro

Noun

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cerebro m (plural cerebros)

  1. (anatomy) brain
  2. nerd

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cerebro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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