sobrancelha
Portuguese
Sobrancelha
Etymology
From Old 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 Romansh survantscheglia; cf. also Romanian sprânceană.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌso.bɾɐ̃.ˈse.ʎa/, /ˌso.bɾɐ̃.ˈse.ʎɐ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɐ̃.ˈse.ʎɐ/
- Hyphenation: so‧bran‧ce‧lha
Noun
sobrancelha f (plural sobrancelhas)
- eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)
Synonyms
- sobrolho, supercílio
Related terms
- monocelha
- sobrancelhudo
- celha
- cílio