cutelo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈtɛ.lu/

• Rhymes: -ɛlu
• Hyphenation: cu‧te‧lo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuitelo, coitelo (“knife”), from Latin cultellus (“small knife”), diminutive of culter. Compare Italian coltello, Spanish cuchillo and French couteau, all meaning "knife".

cutelo

Alternative forms

• cuitelo (archaic, dialectal)
• cutello, cuitello, cuytelo, cuytello (all obsolete spellings)

Noun

cutelo m (plural cutelos)

1. cleaver (heavy square knife used by butchers)
2. brick knife
3. each of the prismatic pieces on whose edges the oscillatory movements of the scales are carried out (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
4. (in the plural) feathers on the tip of the falcon's wings
5. (nautical, in the plural) auxiliary sails that are set in the extension of the round sails (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Derived terms

• cutelaria

Related terms

• cultro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu kutelo.

Noun

cutelo m (plural cutelos)

1. (Cabo Verde) high place; top of the mountain; viewpoint