terçol

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *tertiolus, from Latin tertius[1]. It may have been confused with a different word, hordeolus, which was the source of its Romance language equivalents, such as Spanish orzuelo, Italian orzaiolo, Catalan urçol, Romanian urcior. Compare also Galician tirizó.

Pronunciation
  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /teɹ.ˈsɔw/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /teɻ.ˈsɔw/
  • Hyphenation: ter‧çol

Noun

terçol m (plural terçóis)

  1. (colloquial) stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)

Synonyms

References
  1. https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/ter%C3%A7olho
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