raiz

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See also: raíz

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

rayz

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rādīcem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /raˈid͡z/

Noun

raiz f

root
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 411 (facsimile):
  
  yſaya diſſe que aruor ſayria ben da rayz de ieſſe.
  Isaiah said that a tree would spring from the root of Jesse.

Descendants

Galician: raíz
Portuguese: raiz (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Universo Cantigas - "raiz"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

raís (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz, from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”). Compare Galician raíz.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈiʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈiʃ/

Hyphenation: ra‧iz

Noun

raiz f (plural raízes)

(botany) root (part of a plant)
(dentistry) root (part of a tooth)
root (part of a hair)
(figurative) root (primary source)
Synonyms: causa, origem
(arithmetic) root (a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number)
(graph theory) root (the single node of a tree that has no parent)
Antonym: folha
(linguistics) root (primary lexical unit of a word)
Synonym: radical
(linguistics) root (word from which another word or words are derived)
Antonym: descendente
(computing) root (highest directory of a directory structure)
(figurative, usually in the plural) the place where one grew up
Synonym: (Rio Grande do Sul) pago

Hypernyms

(root of a plant): planta
(root of a tooth): dente
(root of a hair): cabelo, fio, pelo
(root node): nó, vértice
(highest directory of a structure): diretório, pasta

Hyponyms

(root of a plant): raiz aérea, raiz axial, raiz fasciculada, raiz pivotante, raiz primária, rizoma, tuberosa

Coordinate terms

(root of a plant): caule, folha, galho

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Guinea-Bissau Creole: rais
Kabuverdianu: raìs
Papiamentu: rais

Adjective

raiz m or f (plural raízes)

(Brazil, slang) O.G., true (valid, legitimate)
Antonym: nutella

Aquele homem de kilt é um escocês raiz!
That man over there wearing a kilt is a true Scotsman!

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