cerebro
See also: cérebro and cerebro-
Galician
Etymology
Early borrowing from Latin cerebrum.
Noun
cerebro m (plural cerebros)
- (anatomy) cerebrum
Related terms
- cerebelo
Ido
Noun
cerebro (plural cerebri)
- (anatomy) brain
Interlingua
Noun
cerebro (plural cerebros)
- (anatomy) brain
Italian
Etymology
Probably an early borrowing from Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). Cf. the related cervello, which was inherited from a diminutive of the Latin word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.re.bro/, (poetic) /t͡ʃeˈrɛ.bro/
- Rhymes: -ɛrebro, (poetic) -ɛbro
- Hyphenation: cè‧re‧bro, (poetic) ce‧rè‧bro
Noun
cerebro m (plural cerebri)
- (archaic, poetic) brain
- Synonym: cervello
- (entomology) the brain of an insect
Related terms
- cerebrale
- cervello
Further reading
- cerebro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Cerbero, bercerò, cerbero
Latin
Noun
cerebrō
- dative/ablative singular of cerebrum
Spanish
Alternative forms
- celebro (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Spanish cerebro, an early borrowing from Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”) (although influenced by the popular or Vulgar Latin pronunciation, with stress on the second syllable, in contrast to Portuguese cérebro; the variant celebro was the result of dissimilation)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). In Old Spanish meollos was also used to refer to the brain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈɾebɾo/ [θeˈɾe.β̞ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈɾebɾo/ [seˈɾe.β̞ɾo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ebɾo
- Syllabification: ce‧re‧bro
Noun
cerebro m (plural cerebros)
- (anatomy) brain
- nerd
Derived terms
- cerebro periférico
- fuga de cerebros
- lavado de cerebro
- tener cerebro
Related terms
- cerebral
- cerebelo
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “cerebro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014