Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine) ring (round piece of metal worn around the finger)
  2. (colloquial, masculine, vulgar) anus; ringpiece
  3. (masculine) annulus
  4. (masculine) annulus

Synonyms

anel anual de crescimento

anel de crescimento

lenho inicial

madeira tardia

Nebulosa do Anel

Anel

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈnɛw/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Doublet of elo, which was inherited. Cognates include Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Spanish anillo. Sense 2 likely comes from the round form of the anus.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes