seixo

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Galician

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Etymology

From Latin saxum (“rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese seixo (“peeble”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

  1. pebble
    Synonyms: callao, croio
  2. quartz
    Synonym: cuarzo

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Portuguese

seixos

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin saxum (“a stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsej.ʃu/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsej.ʃo/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsɐj.ʃu/, /ˈsej.ʃu/
  • Hyphenation: sei‧xo
  • Homophone: Seixo

Noun

seixo m (plural s)

  1. pebble (small stone)
    Synonyms: calhau, cascalho, pedregulho, pedrinha
  2. (geology, Wentworth scale) pebble (particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter)

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