umbral
See also: Umbral
English
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editAdjective
editumbral (not comparable)
- Of or relating to an umbra.
- (mathematics) Of or relating to umbral calculus.
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editPortuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish umbral (“doorstep, threshold”),[1] from Catalan limbrar, from Latin limināris.[2] Doublet of liminar and limiar.
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Noun
editumbral m (plural umbrais)
- threshold (area in front of a door)
- jamb (upright post that frames a door or window)
- Synonym: ombreira
- (Spiritism) a shadowy transitory realm to where immoral spirits are attracted after their physical death
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editReferences
edit- ^ “umbral”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “umbral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom lumbral, from Latin līmināris. Influenced by lumbre.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editumbral m (plural umbrales)
- doorstep; stoop
- (figurative) threshold
- 2020 October 9, “Única alternativa”, in El País[1]:
- El Gobierno había fijado en 500 ese umbral, entre otros criterios.
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- 2023 May 31, Miguel Ángel Criado, “Siete de los nueve umbrales que permiten la vida humana sobre la Tierra ya han sido sobrepasados”, in El País[2], retrieved 2023-05-31:
- Ahora, un nuevo informe recién publicado en Nature cuantifica por primera vez los umbrales para cada uno de estos problemas que no deberían sobrepasarse para que el sistema terrestre sea seguro y justo no solo para los humanos actuales, sino para las generaciones futuras.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
edit- → Portuguese: umbral
Further reading
edit- “umbral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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