agulha

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Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɡyʎo/
  • (file)

Noun

agulha f (plural agulhas)

  1. needle

Derived terms

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese agulla, from Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

Pronunciation

 

  • (Caipira) IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: a‧gu‧lha

Noun

agulha f (plural agulhas)

  1. needle (implement for sewing)
  2. needle (thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)
  3. (botany) pine needle
  4. (architecture) spire (tapering structure built on a roof or tower)
    Synonym: flecha
  5. (rail transport) switch; point (movable section of railroad track)
  6. (figurative) piquancy

Quotations

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