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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese carcer, from Latin carcer, carcerem. Cognate with Portuguese cárcere, Italian carcere and Spanish cárcel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɾθe̝ɾe̝/, (western) /ˈkaɾse̝ɾe̝/
Noun
cárcere m (plural cárceres)
- jail, prison
- Synonyms: cadea, prisión, trena
Related terms
References
- “carcer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “carcer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cárcer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cárcere” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cárcere” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cárcere” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese carcer, from Latin carcerem.
Pronunciation
Noun
cárcere m (plural cárceres)
- jail, prison
Further reading
- “cárcere” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913