sarraceno

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Saracēnus, Sarracēnus, from Ancient Greek Σᾰρᾰκηνός (Sarakēnós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/ [sa.haˈsẽ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/ [sa.haˈsẽ.nu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sa.ʁaˈsẽ.nu/ [sa.χaˈsẽ.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ʁaˈse.no/ [sa.haˈse.no]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ʁɐˈse.nu/

• Hyphenation: sar‧ra‧ce‧no

Adjective

sarraceno (feminine sarracena, masculine plural sarracenos, feminine plural sarracenas)

1. Saracen

Derived terms

• trigo-sarraceno

Further reading

• “sarraceno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “sarraceno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαρακηνός (Sarakēnós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /saraˈθeno/ [sa.raˈθe.no]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saraˈseno/ [sa.raˈse.no]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: sa‧rra‧ce‧no

Adjective

sarraceno (feminine sarracena, masculine plural sarracenos, feminine plural sarracenas)

1. Saracen
2. (dated) Muslim

   Synonyms: mahometano, musulmán

Noun

sarraceno m (plural sarracenos, feminine sarracena, feminine plural sarracenas)

1. Saracen
2. (dated) Muslim

   Synonyms: mahometano, musulmán

Derived terms

• sarracénico
• trigo sarraceno

 

Further reading

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