eixo

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin axis (“axletree”) (with change of declension), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Compare Galician eixe, Spanish eje. Doublet of the borrowing áxis.

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ʃo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.ʃu/, /ˈej.ʃu/
• Hyphenation: ei‧xo

eixo m (plural eixos)

1. axle, axletree (the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves)
2. (geometry) axis (imaginary line)

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