alicerce

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Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic الأَسَاس (al-ʔasās, foundation). Cognate with Portuguese alicerce and Spanish alizace.

Pronunciation

Noun

alicerce m (plural alicerces)

  1. (usually in the plural) foundation
    Synonym: cimento
  2. base, basis
    Synonym: fundamento

References

Portuguese

alicerces

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧cer‧ce

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic الأَسَاس (al-ʔasās, foundation). Cognate with Galician alicerce.

Noun

alicerce m (plural alicerces)

  1. foundation
  2. base, basis
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

alicerce

  1. inflection of alicerçar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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