Brasil

See also: brasil

English

Proper noun

Brasil

1. Archaic form of Brazil.

Anagrams

• Barils, Libras, brails, libras

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾaˈsil/, [bɾaˈsil]
• Hyphenation: 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

• brasiler (“Brazilian”)

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)

Related terms

• brasileiro

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /praˈsil/

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.

Declension

Declension of Brasil

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative/accusative	där/de	Brasil
dative	dem	Brasil

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Interlingua

Proper noun

Brasil

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

Manx

Alternative forms

• Brasseel

Etymology

Borrowed from English Brazil.

Proper noun

Yn Vrasil f

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

Derived terms

• Brasillagh

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Brasil	Vrasil	Mrasil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Brasil

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

Related terms

• brasilianer
• brasiliansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Brasil

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

Related terms

• brasilianar
• brasiliansk

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Brazil (superseded)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *pākslos

Latin palus

Old Galician-Portuguese pao

Portuguese pau

Old Galician-Portuguese brasa

Portuguese brasa

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -īlis

lbor.

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]

• (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

• Bostil
• brasileiro
• Brasília
• brasílico
• brasilismo
• brasilista
• brasilizar
• Brasilzão (augmentative)
• Brasilzinho (diminutive)
• Merdil
• português do Brasil
• República Federativa do Brasil

 

Descendants

• → English: Brazil
• → 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

• tronco de Brasil

 

Related terms

• brasileño

 

Further reading

• “Brasil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Brazil

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Brasil (“Brazil”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Brasíl (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜎ᜔)

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

Related terms

• Brasilenyo
• Brasilenya

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /braˈsɪl/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /braˈzɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Proper noun

Brasil f

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

Coordinate terms

• (countries of South America) gwledydd De America; yr Ariannin, Bolifia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecwador, Feneswela, Gaiana, Paragwâi, Periw, Swrinam, Tsile, Wrwgwái

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Brasil	Frasil	Mrasil	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Brasil

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