brazil

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English

Alternative forms

• brasil, Brazil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹəˈzɪl/
• Hyphenation: bra‧zil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

brazil (plural brazils)

1. (obsolete) A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood. [14th–17th c.]
2. The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata. [from 15th c.]
3. A Brazil nut.

4. A seam of coal containing iron pyrites

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɒzil]
• Hyphenation: bra‧zil
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

brazil (not comparable)

1. Brazilian (of, from, or relating to Brazil, or the Brazilian people)

Noun

brazil (plural brazilok)

1. Brazilian (a person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• brazil in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).