berço
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- berce, brece (Northern Portugal)
- breço (dialectal)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French berceau,[1][2] ultimately from Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).
Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with Catalan bressol.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbeʁ.su/ [ˈbeh.su]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈbeɾ.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbeʁ.su/ [ˈbeχ.su]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈbeɻ.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbeʁ.so/ [ˈbeh.so]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbeɾ.su/
- Hyphenation: ber‧ço
Noun
berço m (plural berços)
- cradle, crib
- (figuratively) birthplace
- (historical, weaponry) a type of short cannon
Related terms
References
- ^ “berço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- ^ “berço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- berço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Etymology 2
Verb
berço
- first-person singular present indicative of berçar
Further reading
- “berço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026