sobrancelha

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From sobrencelhas, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”).

Noun

sobrancelha m (plural sobrancelhas)

  1. (in the plural) Alternative form of sobrencelha

Descendants

  • Portuguese: sobrancelha

Further reading

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Sobrancelha

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrancelha, sobrencelha, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”), from super (“above”) + cilium (“eyelid”). Doublet of supercílio. A nasal infix developed in Portuguese, as with Romansch survantscheglia; cf. also Romanian sprânceană.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -eʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: so‧bran‧ce‧lha

Noun

sobrancelha f (plural sobrancelhas)

  1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)
    Synonyms: sobrolho, supercílio

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