sobrancelha

Portuguese
Sobrancelha

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sobrencella, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”), from super (“above”) + cilium (“eyelid”). Doublet of the borrowed supercílio. A nasal infix developed in Portuguese, as with Romansch survantscheglia; cf. also Romanian sprânceană.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /so.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎa/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈsɐ(j).ʎɐ]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/ [su.βɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ]

  • Rhymes: -eʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: so‧bran‧ce‧lha

Noun

sobrancelha f (plural sobrancelhas)

  1. eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)
    Synonyms: sobrolho, supercílio
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