bocel

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French bossel.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈsɛw/ [boˈsɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈsɛl/ [buˈsɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈsɛl/ [buˈsɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈsɛ.li/

• Hyphenation: bo‧cel

Noun

bocel m (plural bocéis)

1. (architecture) torus (a large convex molding)

Further reading

• “bocel”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “bocel”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “bocel” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “bocel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “bocel”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “bocel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /boˈθel/ [boˈθel]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /boˈsel/ [boˈsel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: bo‧cel

Noun

bocel m (plural boceles)

1. a type of cylindrical mould

Further reading

• “bocel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014