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nó.

knot

2 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈnɔ/Brazil/ˈnɔ/Portugal

  1. knot

    masculine

  2. knuckle

    masculine
    nós dos dedos

  3. intersection (junction of two or more paths etc.)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese noo, regular reduction of *nodo ~ *nodu, from Latin nōdum. Doublet of nodo. Compare Spanish nudo, Italian nodo, French nœud. See also sé (from sēdēs) and similar words (e.g. mãe/pai, from *made<madre and *pade<padre) that have undergone that same phonetic reduction process.

noun/ˈnɔ/Brazil/ˈnɔ/Portugal

  1. alternative form of noz (“nut”)

    alt-of · alternative · dialectal · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese noo, regular reduction of *nodo ~ *nodu, from Latin nōdum. Doublet of nodo. Compare Spanish nudo, Italian nodo, French nœud. See also sé (from sēdēs) and similar words (e.g. mãe/pai, from *made<madre and *pade<padre) that have undergone that same phonetic reduction process.

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