corcel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsɛw/ [kohˈsɛʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsɛw/ [kohˈsɛʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈsɛw/ [koɾˈsɛʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈsɛw/ [koχˈsɛʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /koɻˈsɛw/ [koɻˈsɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsɛl/ [kuɾˈsɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsɛl/ [kuɾˈsɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsɛ.li/

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

Noun

corcel m (plural corcéis)

1. a good and fast steed

Further reading

• “corcel”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “corcel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

corcel m (plural corceles)

1. steed

Further reading

• “corcel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025