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focale.

focale (linen scarf worn by ancient Roman military personnel)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/foˈka.li/Brazil/fuˈka.lɨ/Portugal
  1. focale (linen scarf worn by ancient Roman military personnel)

    historical · masculine
  2. scarf (long garment worn around the neck)

    Brazil · literary · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin fōc- Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -āle Latin fōcālelbor. Portuguese focale Learned borrowing from Latin fōcāle. Sense 2 was proposed by Brazilian writer, physician, poet and homeopath Antônio de Castro Lopes in 1889 to displace the French borrowing cache-nez (modern cachenê).

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