cerviz

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cervīcem. Doublet of cérvix and cérvice.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈvis/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈvis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈviʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻˈvis/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈviʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈbiʃ/

Noun

cerviz f (plural cervizes)

(figurative) pride and honour
(archaic) the neck or nape
Synonyms: (neck) pescoço, (nape) nuca

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ceruiz, from Latin cervīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”) and *weyk- (“to bend”). Doublet of cérvix.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈbiθ/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾˈbis/
Rhymes: -iθ
Rhymes: -is
Syllabification: cer‧viz

Noun

cerviz f (plural cervices)

(anatomy) cervix (neck)

Related terms

See also

pescuezo

Further reading

“cerviz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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