alicerce

Ultimately from Arabic الأَسَاس (al-ʔasās, “foundation”). Cognate with Portuguese alicerce and Spanish alizace.

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧cer‧ce

alicerce m (plural alicerces)

1. (usually in the plural) foundation

   Synonym: cimento

2. base, basis

   Synonym: fundamento

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alicerce”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alicerce”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alicerce”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧cer‧ce

Borrowed from Arabic الأَسَاس (al-ʔasās, “foundation”).^[1][2] Cognate with Galician alicerce.

alicerce m (plural alicerces)

1. foundation
2. base, basis

• • alicerçar

alicerce

1. inflection of alicerçar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative