castelo
See also: Castelo
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castelo, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kasˈtɛlo/ [kɑs̺ˈt̪ɛ.lʊ]
- Rhymes: -ɛlo
- Hyphenation: cas‧te‧lo
Noun
castelo m (plural castelos)
- (architecture) castle (fortified stronghold)
- (nautical) forecastle; aftcastle
- siege tower
- (figurative) Cumulonimbus cloud
- (figurative) part of the yoke that resembles a battlement with merlons
Related terms
- Castela
- castelán
- Castelán
- castelanía
- Casteláns
- Castelao
- Castelaos
- Castelaus
- casteleiro
- Triacastela
References
- “castelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “castelo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “castelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “castelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “castelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Galician-Portuguese
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castelo, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”). Doublet of Cacela.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kasˈtɛ.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʃˈtɛ.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kasˈtɛ.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐʃˈtɛ.lu/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʃ.ˈtɛ.lu/
- Homophone: Castelo
- Hyphenation: cas‧te‧lo
Noun
castelo m (plural castelos)
Meronyms
- adarve, barbacã, couraça, cubelo, fossa, muralha, pátio, ponte levadiça, torre albarrã, torre de menagem, valo
Derived terms
Related terms
- acastelado, acastelagem, castelaria, casteleiro, castelão
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: kastélu
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