cerebro
Galician
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
Probably an early borrowing from Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). Cf. the related cervello, which was inherited from a diminutive of the Latin word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.re.bro/, (poetic) /t͡ʃeˈrɛ.bro/
- Rhymes: -ɛrebro, (poetic) -ɛbro
- Hyphenation: cè‧re‧bro, (poetic) ce‧rè‧bro
Noun
cerebro m (plural cerebri)
Further reading
- cerebro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Spanish
Alternative forms
- celebro (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish cerebro, an early borrowing from Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”) (although influenced by the popular or Vulgar Latin pronunciation, with stress on the second syllable, in contrast to Portuguese cérebro; the variant celebro was the result of dissimilation),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). In Old Spanish meollos was also used to refer to the brain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈɾebɾo/ [θeˈɾe.β̞ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈɾebɾo/ [seˈɾe.β̞ɾo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ebɾo
- Syllabification: ce‧re‧bro
Derived terms
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “cerebro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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