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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old French bossel.
Pronunciation
Noun
bocel m (plural bocéis)
- (architecture) torus (a large convex molding)
Further reading
- “bocel”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “bocel”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “bocel” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “bocel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “bocel”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “bocel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /boˈθel/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /boˈsel/
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: bo‧cel
Noun
bocel m (plural boceles)
- a type of cylindrical mould
Further reading