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raiz
raiz
See also: raíz
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- raís (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese rayz, raiz, from Latin rādix, rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.ˈis/, /ʁa.ˈiʃ/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ha.ˈis/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.ˈiʃ/
- Hyphenation: ra‧iz
Noun
raiz f (plural raízes)
- (botany) root (part of a plant)
- (dentistry) root (part of a tooth)
- root (part of a hair)
- (figuratively) root (primary source)
- (arithmetic) root (a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number)
- (graph theory) root (the single node of a tree that has no parent)
- (linguistics) root (primary lexical unit of a word)
- (linguistics) root (word from which another word or words are derived)
- (computing) root (highest directory of a directory structure)
- (figuratively, chiefly in the plural) the place where one grew up
Synonyms
- (primary source): causa, origem
- (primary lexical unit of a word): radical
- (place where one grew up): pago (Rio Grande do Sul)
Antonyms
- (the single node of a tree that has no parent): folha
- (word from which another word or words are derived): descendente
Hypernyms
- (root of a plant): planta
- (root of a tooth): dente
- (root of a hair): cabelo, fio, pelo
- (root node): nó, vértice
- (highest directory of a structure): diretório, pasta
Hyponyms
- (root of a plant): raiz aérea, raiz axial, raiz fasciculada, raiz pivotante, raiz primária, rizoma, tuberosa
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