corcel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsɛw/ [kohˈsɛʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsɛw/ [kohˈsɛʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈsɛw/ [koɾˈsɛʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsɛw/ [koχˈsɛʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈsɛw/ [koɻˈsɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsɛl/ [kuɾˈsɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsɛl/ [kuɾˈsɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsɛ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: cor‧cel

Noun

corcel m (plural corcéis)

1. a good and fast steed

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French corsier. The alteration of the second r to l is an instance of phonetic dissimilation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /koɾˈθel/ [koɾˈθel]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koɾˈsel/ [koɾˈsel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: cor‧cel

Noun

corcel m (plural corceles)

1. steed

Further reading

• “corcel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28