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corcel

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: cor‧cel

Noun

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corcel m (plural corcéis)

  1. a good and fast steed

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French corsier. The alteration of the second r to l is an instance of phonetic dissimilation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /koɾˈθel/ [koɾˈθel]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koɾˈsel/ [koɾˈsel]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: cor‧cel

Noun

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corcel m (plural corceles)

  1. steed

Further reading

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