raiz

See also: raíz

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rayz

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rādīcem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈid͡z/

Noun

raiz f

1. root
   • 13th century CE, 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)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈis/ [haˈis]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈiʃ/

• Hyphenation: ra‧iz

Noun

raiz f (plural raízes)

1. (botany) root (part of a plant)
2. (dentistry) root (part of a tooth)
3. root (part of a hair)
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

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

    Synonym: (Rio Grande do Sul) pago

Hypernyms

• (root of a plant): planta
• (root of a tooth): dente
• (root of a hair): cabelo, fio, pelo
• (root node): nó, vértice
• (highest directory of a structure): diretório, pasta

Hyponyms

• (root of a plant): raiz aérea, raiz axial, raiz fasciculada, raiz pivotante, raiz primária, rizoma, tuberosa

Coordinate terms

• (root of a plant): caule, folha, galho

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• enraizado
• enraizar
• raizame
• raizame
• raizedo
• raizedo

 

Descendants

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

Adjective

raiz m or f (plural raízes)

1. (Brazil, slang) 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!