açúcar
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See also: açucar
Alternative forms
- açucre (dated or dialectal)
- assucar, açucar (superseded)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar),[1][2] from Persian شکر (šakar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škʿ /šakar/), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”), originally "grit, gravel", from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
açúcar m (plural açúcares)
Derived terms
- açúcar de confeiteiro
- açúcar em caixa
- açúcar mascavado
- açúcar mascavo
- açúcar-cande
- açucarado
- açucarar
- açucareiro
- açucarzinho
- cana-de-açúcar
Descendants
References
- “açúcar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “açúcar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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