corcel
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corcel m (plural corcéis)
- a good and fast steed
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French corsier. The alteration of the second r to l is an instance of phonetic dissimilation.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /koɾˈθel/ [koɾˈθel]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /koɾˈsel/ [koɾˈsel]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: cor‧cel
Noun edit
corcel m (plural corceles)
Further reading edit
- “corcel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014