brazil
Syllables: bra·zil/bɹəˈzɪl//bɹəˈzɪl/
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brazil noun: a red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.
Noun
brazil (plural brazils)
- A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.
- A small Quantity of Saffron will Tinct more then a very great Quantity of Brasil.1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum
- 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.
- The Prouince Brasilia tooke his name of the woode called Brasill.1594, Thomas Blundeville, Exercises
- Thou know'st my brittle temper's prone to break.
Are my bones brazil or my flesh of oak?1886, Francis Quarles, Emblems
- A Brazil nut.
- I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.
- A seam of coal containing iron pyrites
Proper noun capitalized: Brazil
Brazil
- A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.
- In February, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe in Brazil made brief contact with the outside world before returning to the Amazon rainforest.2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN
- A city, the county seat of Clay County, Indiana, United States.
brazil meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
brazil in Hindi
- ब्राजील, ब्राज़ील
brazil in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
brazil in Marathi
- ब्राझील, ब्राझिल, ब्राझीलचा
brazil in Urdu
- برازیل
More languagesFewer languages
- brazil in Bengali
- ব্রেজিল
- brazil in Telugu
- బ్రెజిల్
- brazil in Malayalam
- ബ്രസീൽ
- brazil in Kannada
- ಬ್ರೆಜಿಲ್
- brazil in Punjabi
- ਬ੍ਰਾਜ਼ੀਲ, ਬ੍ਰਾਜ਼ੀਲੀ, ਬਰਾਜ਼ੀਲ
- brazil in Gujarati
- બ્રાઝિલ, બ્રાઝીલ, બ્રાઝિલના
- brazil in Odia
- ବ୍ରାଜିଲ, ବ୍ରାଜିଲର
- brazil in Nepali
- ब्राजिल, ब्राजिलको, ब्राजिलका
Forms of brazil
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | brazils |
| alternative form | brasil |
| alternative form | Brazil |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Brasil |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Brasill |
Origin of brazil
From Portuguese Brazil, older spelling of Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), and -il (“-ile, -like, -y”) from Latin -īlis (“adjective suffix”).
Words formed from brazil
Phrases with brazil
Words that rhyme with brazil
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
- 'twill
Questions about brazil
- What does brazil mean?
- Brazil means a red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.
- What is brazil in Hindi?
- Brazil in Hindi is ब्राजील, ब्राज़ील. See Brazil meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is brazil?
- Brazil can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce brazil?
- Brazil is pronounced /bɹəˈzɪl/.
- What is the plural of brazil?
- The plural of brazil is brazils.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: brazil (page history and authors); Brazil (page history and authors); brazil (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Brazil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brazil (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brazil (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brazil (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brazil (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brazil (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Brazil (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brazil (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brazil (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brazil (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brazil (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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