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alcatruz

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic قَادُوس (qādūs), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos).

    Noun

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    alcatruz m (plural alcatruzes)

    1. bucket attached to a noria
    2. concrete pipe used for water canalisation
      • 1456 March 1, Gill Vaaz, Quitação de Gonçalo Pacheco thesoureiro de Ceuta; republished as chapter CCCXXI, in Pedro de Azevedo, editor, Documentos das chancelarias reais anteriores a 1531 relativos a Marrocos, volume II, Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1934, page 360:
        Item deu quatrocentos e sessenta e quatro reaes por conpra de dezoito alcatruzes e por hũ moioo e meo de cal e por area ea quem amassou a dita call e por hua barcadega de pedra e por outras cousas necessarias todo pera corregimento de hum cano que esta na casa de Cepta.
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    Descendants

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    • Galician: alcatruz
    • Portuguese: alcatruz

    References

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    • José Pedro Machado (1995) “alcatruz”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 182, column 1

    Portuguese

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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      From Old Galician-Portuguese alcatruz (noria bucket), from Arabic الْقَادُوس (al-qādūs, skep), from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, bucket). Compare with Spanish arcaduz, Catalan caduf, and Sicilian catusu.

      Pronunciation

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      • Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ
      • Hyphenation: al‧ca‧truz

      Noun

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      alcatruz m (plural alcatruzes)

      1. bucket attached to a noria
      2. (Algarve) clay pot used to capture octopuses
      3. (Portugal) concrete pipe used for water canalisation
      4. (colloquial, Portugal, chiefly plural) large and heavy boots
        Synonym: botifarra
      5. (nautical, Brazil) scoop of a dredger

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