agulha
See also: Agulha
Galician
Noun
agulha f (plural agulhas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of agulla
References
- “agulha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Occitan
Etymology
From Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡyʎo/
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Noun
agulha f (plural agulhas)
Derived terms
- agulhada
- agulhon
- agulhonar
Descendants
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 34.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese agulla, from Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡu.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡu.ʎa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/ [ɐˈɣu.ʎɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): [aˈɡuja]
- Hyphenation: a‧gu‧lha
Noun
agulha f (plural agulhas)
- needle (implement for sewing)
- needle (thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)
- (botany) pine needle
- (architecture) spire (tapering structure built on a roof or tower)
- Synonym: flecha
- (rail transport) switch; point (movable section of railroad track)
- (figurative) piquancy
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:agulha.
Descendants
Further reading
- “agulha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “agulha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “agulha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025