raiz

See also: raíz

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish raíz (“root”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈis/, [raˈis]
• Hyphenation: ra‧iz

Noun

raíz

1. root

Galician

Noun

raiz f (plural raízes, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of raíz

References

• “raiz”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rayz

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rādīcem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈid͡z/

Noun

raiz f (plural raizs)

1. root
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 411 (facsimile):

     yſaya […] diſſe que aruor ſayria ben da rayz de ieſſe.

     Isaiah […] said that a tree would spring from the root of Jesse.

Descendants

• Galician: raíz
• Portuguese: raiz (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "raiz"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• raís (obsolete)
• raíz (misspelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz, from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”). Compare Galician and Spanish raíz.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈis/ [haˈis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈis/ [haˈis]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈiʃ/ [χaˈiʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈiʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal) -iʃ
• Hyphenation: ra‧iz

Noun

raiz f (plural raízes)

1. (botany) root (part of a plant)

   Hyponyms: raiz aérea, raiz axial, raiz fasciculada, raiz pivotante, raiz primária, rizoma, tuberosa

   Holonym: planta

   Coordinate terms: caule, folha, galho

2. (dentistry) root (part of a tooth)

   Holonym: dente

3. root (part of a hair)

   Holonyms: cabelo, pelo, fio

4. (figurative) root (primary source)

   Synonyms: causa, origem

5. (arithmetic) root (a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number)
6. (graph theory) root (the single node of a tree that has no parent)

   Antonym: folha

   Hypernyms: nó, vértice

7. (linguistics) root (primary lexical unit of a word)

   Synonym: radical

8. (linguistics) root (word from which another word or words are derived)

   Antonym: descendente

9. (computing) root (highest directory of a directory structure)

   Hypernyms: diretório, pasta

10. (figurative, usually in the plural) the place where one grew up

    Synonym: (Rio Grande do Sul) pago

Derived terms

• cortar o mal pela raiz
• enraizar
• raiz cúbica
• raiz de todos os males
• raiz quadrada
• raiz-amarga
• raizame
• raizedo
• raizento

Related terms

• ramo

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: rais
• Kabuverdianu: raìs
• Papiamentu: rais

Adjective

raiz m or f (plural raízes) (Brazil, slang)

1. O.G., true (valid, legitimate)

   Antonym: nutella

   Aquele homem de kilt é um escocês raiz!

   That man over there wearing a kilt is a true Scotsman!

2. traditional, true

   Antonym: nutella

   Este é o método raiz de fazer carne assada.

   This is the traditional way of making a barbecue.

Further reading

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