pau-brasil

See also: Pau Brasil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pau-brasil.

Noun

pau-brasil (uncountable)

  1. brazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata.

Portuguese

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der.
    Latin palus
    Old Galician-Portuguese pao
    Portuguese pau
    Vulgar Latin *brasa
    Old Galician-Portuguese brasa
    Portuguese brasa
    Proto-Italic *-elis
    Latin -īlislbor.
    Portuguese -il
    Portuguese brasil
    Portuguese pau-brasil

    From pau (“stick, wood”) +‎ brasil (“ember-coloured”). The term originally referred to an Asian species of dyewood, but changed to the current sense after the discovery of Brazil.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpaw.bɾaˈziw/ [ˌpaʊ̯.bɾaˈziʊ̯]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌpaw.bɾɐˈzil/ [ˌpaw.βɾɐˈziɫ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌpaw.bɾɐˈzi.li/ [ˌpaw.βɾɐˈzi.li]

    • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw

    Noun

    pau-brasil m (plural paus-brasil or paus-brasis)

    1. brazilwood (a Brazilian timber tree, Paubrasilia echinata)
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pau-brasil
    2. (obsolete) sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)
      Synonym: sapão
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