sobrancelha

Meaning

eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)

Concepts

eyebrow

brow

supercilium

capotasto

Synonyms

sobrolho

supercílio

Sobrancelha

Translations

sourcil

ceja

Augenbraue

sopracciglio

wenkbrauw

cella

φρύδι

Braue

supercilium

kaş

brauw

birû

برۆ

front

Pronounced as (IPA)

/so.bɾɐ̃ˈse.ʎɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: supercilia

Cognate with Romansh: survantscheglia

Cognate with Romanian: sprânceană

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrancelha, sobrencelha, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”), from super (“above”) + cilium (“eyelid”). Doublet of supercílio. A nasal infix developed in Portuguese, as with Romansch survantscheglia; cf. also Romanian sprânceană.