berço

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French berceau,[1][2] ultimately from Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).

Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with Catalan bressol.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.su/ [ˈbeh.su]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.su/ [ˈbeχ.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɻ.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.su/

Hyphenation: ber‧ço

Noun

berço m (plural berços)

cradle, crib
(historical, weaponry) a type of short cannon

Related terms

berçário

References

“berço” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
“berço” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Further reading

berço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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