sarraceno
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Saracēnus, Sarracēnus, from Ancient Greek Σᾰρᾰκηνός (Sărăkēnós).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/ [sa.haˈsẽ.nu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/ [sa.χaˈsẽ.nu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.ʁaˈse.no/ [sa.haˈse.no]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.ʁɐˈse.nu/
- Hyphenation: sar‧ra‧ce‧no
Adjective
sarraceno (feminine sarracena, masculine plural sarracenos, feminine plural sarracenas)
Derived terms
Noun
sarraceno m (plural sarracenos, feminine sarracena, feminine plural sarracenas)
Further reading
- “sarraceno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sarraceno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “sarraceno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαρακηνός (Sarakēnós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saraˈθeno/ [sa.raˈθe.no] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /saraˈseno/ [sa.raˈse.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eno
- Syllabification: sa‧rra‧ce‧no
Adjective
sarraceno (feminine sarracena, masculine plural sarracenos, feminine plural sarracenas)
- Saracen
- (dated) Muslim
- Synonyms: mahometano, musulmán
Noun
sarraceno m (plural sarracenos, feminine sarracena, feminine plural sarracenas)
- Saracen
- (dated) Muslim
- Synonyms: mahometano, musulmán
Derived terms
- sarracénico
- trigo sarraceno
Further reading
- “sarraceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025