raiz

raiz f

1. Alternative form of rayz

• raís (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese rayz, raiz, from Latin rādix, rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.ˈis/, /ʁa.ˈiʃ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ha.ˈis/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.ˈiʃ/
• Hyphenation: ra‧iz

raiz f (plural raízes)

1. (botany) root (part of a plant)
2. (dentistry) root (part of a tooth)
3. root (part of a hair)
4. (figuratively) root (primary source)
5. (arithmetic) root (a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number)
6. (graph theory) root (the single node of a tree that has no parent)
7. (linguistics) root (primary lexical unit of a word)
8. (linguistics) root (word from which another word or words are derived)
9. (computing) root (highest directory of a directory structure)
10. (figuratively, usually in the plural) the place where one grew up

• (primary source): causa, origem
• (primary lexical unit of a word): radical
• (place where one grew up): pago (Rio Grande do Sul)

• (the single node of a tree that has no parent): folha
• (word from which another word or words are derived): descendente

• (root of a plant): planta
• (root of a tooth): dente
• (root of a hair): cabelo, fio, pelo
• (root node): nó, vértice
• (highest directory of a structure): diretório, pasta

• (root of a plant): raiz aérea, raiz axial, raiz fasciculada, raiz pivotante, raiz primária, rizoma, tuberosa

• (root of a plant): caule, folha, galho

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: rais
• Kabuverdianu: raìs
• Papiamentu: rais