colchete

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French crochet (hook).[1][2] Doublet of crochê (crochet).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kowˈʃe.t͡ʃi/ [koʊ̯ˈʃe.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kowˈʃe.te/ [koʊ̯ˈʃe.te]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈʃe.tɨ/ [koɫˈʃe.tɨ], /kɔlˈʃe.tɨ/ [kɔɫˈʃe.tɨ]

  • Hyphenation: col‧che‧te

Noun

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colchete m (plural colchetes)

  1. hook
  2. (typography) square bracket
    Synonym: parêntese reto
  3. (typography) curly bracket

References

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  1. ^ colchete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ colchete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024