sobrancelha

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

sobrancelha m (plural sobrancelhas)

  1. alternative form of sobrencelha

Descendants

  • Portuguese: sobrancelha

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrancelha, sobrencelha, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”), from super (“above”) + cilium (“eyelid”). Doublet of supercílio. A nasal infix developed in Portuguese, as with Romansh survantscheglia; cf. also Romanian sprânceană.

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ]

  • Rhymes: -eʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: so‧bran‧ce‧lha

Noun

sobrancelha f (plural sobrancelhas)

  1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)
    Synonyms: sobrolho, supercílio

Derived terms

Further reading

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