sobrancelha

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From sobrencelhas, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”).

Noun

sobrancelha m (plural sobrancelhas)

1. (in the plural) Alternative form of sobrencelha

Descendants

• Portuguese: sobrancelha

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "sobrancelhas ~ sobrencelhas"

Portuguese

Sobrancelha

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrancelha, sobrencelha, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”), from super (“above”) + cilium (“eyelid”). Doublet of supercílio. A nasal infix developed in Portuguese, as with Romansch survantscheglia; cf. also Romanian sprânceană.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ]

• Rhymes: -eʎɐ
• Hyphenation: so‧bran‧ce‧lha

Noun

sobrancelha f (plural sobrancelhas)

1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)

   Synonyms: sobrolho, supercílio

Related terms

• monocelha
• sobrancelhudo
• celha
• cílio