raíz

See also: raiz

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rādīcem, singular accusative of rādix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈiθ/ [raˈiθ]
  • Rhymes: -iθ
  • Syllabification: ra‧íz

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

  1. root (part of a plant)

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

  • reíz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rādix, rādīcem. Cognate with Portuguese raiz and Spanish raíz.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /raˈiθ/ [raˈiθ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /raˈis/ [raˈis]

 
  • Rhymes: -iθ
  • Rhymes: -is

  • Hyphenation: ra‧íz

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

  1. root; root vegetable
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 103:
      mãtynãsse das froytas que achauã porlos mõtes et das rreyzes das eruas que podiam comer
      they feed on the fruits they found in the hills and on the plant roots they could eat
  2. stump
    A raíz do toxo verde é moi mala de arrincar; os amoriños primeiros son moi malos de olvidar (folk song)
    Green gorse stump is so hard to unroot; first love is so hard to forget
  3. root (of a tooth, a nail, etc)
  4. (linguistics) root
  5. (computing) root
  6. (figurative) origin
    Synonym: orixe

Derived terms

  • ben raíz (real state)
  • enraizar (to root)

References

Portuguese

Noun

raíz f

  1. misspelling of raiz

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with English radish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈiθ/ [raˈiθ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /raˈis/ [raˈis] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iθ (Spain)
  • Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Syllabification: ra‧íz

Noun

raíz f (plural raíces)

  1. root; root vegetable
  2. root (of a tooth, a nail, etc)
  3. (linguistics) root
  4. (computing) root
  5. (figurative) origin
    Synonym: origen

Derived terms

Further reading