bússola

See also: bussola

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • bussola (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bussola,[1] from Late Latin buxula. First attested in 1712.[2] Doublet of boate and boceta.

Pronunciation

 

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  • Hyphenation: bús‧so‧la

Noun

bússola f (plural bússolas)

  1. compass (navigational compass)
    • 1728, Manuel de Azevedo Fortes, chapter IX, in O Engenheiro Portuguez [The Portuguese Engineer], volume 1, book 3, Lisbon: Manoel Fernandes da Costa, page 375:
      Na Buſſola ſaõ notados os quatro pontos cardeaes do Mundo, a ſaber, o Norte, o Sul, o Naſcente, e o Poente […]
      On the compass are written the world's four compass points, namely: north, south, east and west.

References

  1. ^ Machado, José Pedro (1995), “bússola”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I (A–B), Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 477, column 1
  2. ^ “bússola, bussola”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026

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