alicerce
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Ultimately from Arabic الأَسَاس (al-ʔasās, “foundation”). Cognate with Portuguese alicerce and Spanish alizace.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: a‧li‧cer‧ce
=== Noun ===
alicerce m (plural alicerces)
(usually in the plural) foundation
Synonym: cimento
base, basis
Synonym: fundamento
=== References ===
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alicerce”, 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), “alicerce”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alicerce”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: a‧li‧cer‧ce
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Arabic الأَسَاس (al-ʔasās, “foundation”). Cognate with Galician alicerce.
==== Noun ====
alicerce m (plural alicerces)
foundation
base, basis
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
alicerce
inflection of alicerçar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“alicerce”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026