umbral

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English

Pronunciation

Adjective

umbral (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to an umbra.
  2. (mathematics) Of or relating to umbral calculus.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish umbral (“doorstep, threshold”), from Catalan limbrar, from Latin limināris. Doublet of liminar and limiar.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: um‧bral

Noun

umbral m (plural umbrais)

  1. threshold (area in front of a door)
    Synonyms: limiar, soleira
  2. jamb (upright post that frames a door or window)
    Synonym: ombreira
  3. (Spiritism) a shadowy transitory realm to where immoral spirits are attracted after their physical death

Related terms

References

  1. ^ “umbral” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “umbral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From lumbral, from Latin līmināris. Influenced by lumbre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /umˈbɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: um‧bral

Noun

umbral m (plural umbrales)

  1. doorstep; stoop
  2. (figurative) threshold
    • 2020 October 9, “Única alternativa”, in El País‎:
      El Gobierno había fijado en 500 ese umbral, entre otros criterios.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2023 May 31, Miguel Ángel Criado, “Siete de los nueve umbrales que permiten la vida humana sobre la Tierra ya han sido sobrepasados”, in El País‎, retrieved 2023-05-31:
      Ahora, un nuevo informe recién publicado en Nature cuantifica por primera vez los umbrales para cada uno de estos problemas que no deberían sobrepasarse para que el sistema terrestre sea seguro y justo no solo para los humanos actuales, sino para las generaciones futuras.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: umbral

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