raso

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraso]

Noun

raso f

1. vocative singular of rasa

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian razza, likely borrowed from its Germanic and Slavic descendants; compare German Rasse, Polish rasa, Russian раса (rasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈraso]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aso
• Hyphenation: ra‧so

Noun

raso (accusative singular rason, plural rasoj, accusative plural rasojn)

1. race (large group of people distinguished from others based on common heritage or physical characteristics)

   Synonyms: etno, gento

   Hypernym: homaro

2. (biology, zoology) breed (subspecies or mating group of animals or plants)

   Synonym: subspecio

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin rāsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraso̝/

Adjective

raso (feminine rasa, masculine plural rasos, feminine plural rasas)

1. flat, level

Noun

raso m (plural rasos)

1. plain

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “raso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “raso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “raso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “raso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN