Masculine
seio
Meaning
- (masculine) breast, bosom
- (masculine) womb
- (figuratively, masculine) center, heart
- (masculine) sinus
- (masculine, rare) chest
- (masculine) bay, gulf
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sei‧o
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsej.u/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sẽo, from Latin sinus. Ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin. Doublet of seno and sino. Cognate with Galician seo, Spanish seno, and French sein.
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