sobrancelha

Portuguese

Sobrancelha

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sobrencella, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”), from super (“above”) + cilium (“eyelid”). Doublet of the borrowed supercílio. A nasal infix developed in Portuguese, as with Romansh survantscheglia; cf. also Romanian sprânceană.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌso.bɾɐ̃.ˈse.ʎa/, /ˌso.bɾɐ̃.ˈse.ʎɐ/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɾɐ̃.ˈse.ʎɐ/
Hyphenation: so‧bran‧ce‧lha

Noun

sobrancelha f (plural sobrancelhas)

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

Synonyms

sobrolho, supercílio

Related terms

monocelha
sobrancelhudo
celha
cílio

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