câmbio

Signification

Noun

1. (masculine) exchange:
2. (masculine,uncountable) exchange:
3. (masculine) transformation (act of transforming or being transformed)
4. (masculine) commutation (substitution of one thing for another)
5. (masculine) walkie-talkie (portable, bi-directional radio transceiver)
6. (masculine) agio
7. (masculine,rare) change (the process of becoming different)
8. (masculine) transmission (assembly of gears in an motorcar)
9. (masculine) cambium (layer of cells responsible for secondary growth of roots and stems)

Intj

over (end of sentence, ready to receive reply)

Coupé comme

câm‧bi‧o

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɐ̃.bi.u/

Étymologie

From Old Galician-Portuguese cambio, either directly from Late Latin cambium (“change”) or deverbal of cambiar (cf. Portuguese escambo), from Latin cambiāre (“to change”) , from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *kamb- (“crooked; bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱamb-, *(s)kamb- (“bent”).