pau-brasil

See also: Pau Brasil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pau-brasil.

Noun

pau-brasil (uncountable)

1. brazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata.

Portuguese

pau-brasil

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der.

Latin palus

Old Galician-Portuguese pao

Portuguese pau

Vulgar Latin *brasa

Old Galician-Portuguese brasa

Portuguese brasa

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -īlislbor.

Portuguese -il

Portuguese brasil

Portuguese pau-brasil

From pau (“stick, wood”) +‎ brasil (“ember-coloured”). The term originally refered to an Asian species of dyewood, but changed to the current sense after the discovery of Brazil.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpaw.bɾaˈziw/ [ˌpaʊ̯.bɾaˈziʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpaw.bɾɐˈzil/ [ˌpaw.βɾɐˈziɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpaw.bɾɐˈzil/ [ˌpaw.βɾɐˈziɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpaw.bɾɐˈzi.li/ [ˌpaw.βɾɐˈzi.li]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw

Noun

pau-brasil m (plural paus-brasil or paus-brasis)

1. brazilwood (a Brazilian timber tree, Paubrasilia echinata)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pau-brasil

2. (obsolete) sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)

   Synonym: sapão

Related terms

• brasil
• Brasil