ceroula
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سِرْوَال (sirwāl, “pants”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈɾo(w).lɐ/ [seˈɾo(ʊ̯).lɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈɾo(w).la/ [seˈɾo(ʊ̯).la]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈɾo(w).lɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈɾow.lɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈɾo.lɐ/
- Rhymes: -owlɐ, -olɐ
- Hyphenation: ce‧rou‧la
Noun
ceroula f (plural ceroulas)
- (usually in the plural) long johns
Descendants
- → Nheengatu: xirura
Further reading
- “ceroula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ceroula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026