raíz

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rādīcem, singular accusative of rādix.

Pronunciation

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

  1. root (part of a plant)

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rādix, rādīcem. Cognate with Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈiθ/, (western) /raˈis/

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

  1. root; root vegetable
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 103:
      mãtynãsse das froytas que achauã porlos mõtes et das rreyzes das eruas que podiam comer
      they feed on the fruits they found in the hills and on the plant roots they could eat
  2. stump
    A raíz do toxo verde é moi mala de arrincar; os amoriños primeiros son moi malos de olvidar (folk song)
    Green gorse stump is so hard to unroot; first love is so hard to forget
  3. root (of a tooth, a nail, etc)
  4. (linguistics) root
  5. (computing) root
  6. (figurative) origin

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with English radish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /raˈiθ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /raˈis/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iθ
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: ra‧íz

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

  1. root; root vegetable
  2. root (of a tooth, a nail, etc)
  3. (linguistics) root
  4. (computing) root
  5. (figurative) origin
    Synonym: origen

Derived terms

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