berço
Portuguese
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Etymology 1
[edit]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
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- Hyphenation: ber‧ço
Noun
[edit]berço m (plural berços)
- cradle, crib
- (figuratively) birthplace
- (historical, weaponry) a type of short cannon
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “berço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “berço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Further reading
[edit]berço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]berço
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