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ciliar.

ciliary (of or pertaining to or involving cilia)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/si.liˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[si.liˈa(h)]Brazil/siˈlja(ʁ)/Brazil[siˈlja(h)]Brazil
  1. ciliary (of or pertaining to or involving cilia)

    feminine · masculine
  2. ciliary (of or pertaining to the eyelashes)

    feminine · masculine
  3. riparian

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-yom Proto-Indo-European *ḱelyom Proto-Italic *keljom Latin cilium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris New Latin ciliārislbor. Portuguese ciliar Learned borrowing from New Latin ciliāris. By surface analysis, cílio + -ar

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