berço

Portuguese edit

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 edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.su/ [ˈbeh.su]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.su/ [ˈbeχ.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɻ.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.su/

Hyphenation: ber‧ço

Noun edit

berço m (plural berços)

cradle, crib
(figuratively) birthplace
(historical, weaponry) a type of short cannon

Related terms edit

berçário

References edit

^ “berço” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “berço” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Further reading edit

berço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

berço

first-person singular present indicative of berçar

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