agulha
See also: Agulha
Occitan
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editagulha f (plural agulhas)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese agulla, from Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editagulha f (plural agulhas)
- needle (implement for sewing)
- needle (thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)
- (botany) pine needle
- (architecture) spire (tapering structure built on a roof or tower)
- Synonym: flecha
- (rail transport) switch; point (movable section of railroad track)
- (figurative) piquancy
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:agulha.
Categories:
- Occitan terms inherited from Late Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Late Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Occitan terms with audio links
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan nouns
- Occitan feminine nouns
- Occitan countable nouns
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Botany
- pt:Architectural elements
- pt:Rail transportation
- pt:Tools