Brasil

See also: brasil

English

Proper noun

Brasil

  1. Archaic form of Brazil.

Anagrams

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): (Valencian) [bɾaˈzil]
  • Audio (Valencian)(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

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

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
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
BrasilVrasilMrasil
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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Brasil

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 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 (BR)(file)

Proper noun

Brasil m (plural Brasis)

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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: Brazil
  • → Nheengatu: Braziu

Spanish

Etymology

From brasil (“brazilwood”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɾaˈsil/ [bɾaˈsil]
  • Audio:(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

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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)
  • 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

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)
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