Brasil

See also: brasil

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Brasil

  1. A mythical island, said to exist off the western coast of Ireland.
    Synonym: Hy-Brasil

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Brasil

  1. Archaic form of Brazil.

Anagrams

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/ [bɾaˈsil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: Bra‧sil

Proper noun

Brasil m

  1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈzil]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [bɾaˈzil]
  • Audio (Valencia):(file)

Proper noun

Brasil m

  1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

Derived terms

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Brasil

  1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Brasil

  1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Papiamentu Brasil, likely derived from brasil (“brazilwood, Haematoxylum brasiletto”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Bra‧sil

Proper noun

Brasil n

  1. a village in Aruba

Galician

Proper noun

Brasil m

  1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

Hunsrik

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Brasil.[1] Doublet of Brasilje.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /praˈsiːl/
    • Rhymes: -iːl
    • Syllabification: Bra‧sil

    Proper noun

    Brasil m

    1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
      Meer sin in Brasil uff die Welt komm.
      We were born in Brazil.

    References

    1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Brasil”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 28, column 1

    Interlingua

    Proper noun

    Brasil

    1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

    Manx

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English Brazil.

    Proper noun

    Yn Vrasil f

    1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

    Derived terms

    Mutation

    Mutation of Brasil
    radical lenition eclipsis
    Brasil Vrasil Mrasil

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Proper noun

    Brasil

    1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Proper noun

    Brasil

    1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der.
    Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos
    Proto-Italic *pākslos
    Latin palus
    Old Galician-Portuguese pao
    Portuguese pau
    Vulgar Latin *brasa
    Old Galician-Portuguese brasa
    Portuguese brasa
    Proto-Italic *-elis
    Latin -īlislbor.
    Portuguese -il
    Portuguese brasil
    Portuguese pau-brasil
    Portuguese Brasil

    Clipping of pau-brasil (“brazilwood”), a tree that was extracted in great quantities in the early days of Portuguese colonisation, from pau (“wood”) + brasil (“ember-coloured”), from brasa (“embers”) + -il.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾaˈziw/ [bɾaˈziʊ̯]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾɐˈzil/ [bɾɐˈziɫ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾɐˈzi.li/

    • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
    • Homophone: brasil
    • Hyphenation: Bra‧sil
    • Audio (Brazil):(file)

    Proper noun

    Brasil m (plural Brasis)

    2. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: República Federativa do Brasil; capital: Brasília)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → English: Brazil
    • → Hunsrik: Brasil
    • ⇒ Japanese: ブラジル (Burajiru)
    • → Nheengatu: Braziu

    Spanish

    Etymology

    From brasil (“brazilwood”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/ [bɾaˈsil]
    • Audio (Peru); “Brasil; capital: Brasilia”:(file)
    • Rhymes: -il
    • Syllabification: Bra‧sil

    Proper noun

    Brasil m

    1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

    Usage notes

    • The definite article is optional when referring to Brazil in Spanish (i.e. el Brasil).

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Further reading

    Tagalog

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish Brasil (“Brazil”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/ [bɾɐˈsɪl]
    • Rhymes: -il
    • Syllabification: Bra‧sil

    Proper noun

    Brasíl (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜎ᜔)

    1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
    • Brasilenyo
    • Brasilenya

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Brasil f

    1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Gweriniaeth Ffederal Brasil)

    Coordinate terms

    countries in South America: gwledydd De America (appendix)edit

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of Brasil
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    Brasil Frasil Mrasil unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Western Huasteca Nahuatl

    Proper noun

    Brasil

    1. Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
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