argila

See also: argilă

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin argilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈʒi.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈd͡ʒi.la]

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Noun

argila f (plural argiles)

1. clay

Related terms

• argilós

Further reading

• “argila”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “argila”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “argila” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “argila” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin argilla, from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈʒi.lɐ/ [aɦˈʒi.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈʒi.lɐ/ [aɦˈʒi.lɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈʒi.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈʒi.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈʒi.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈʒi.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ilɐ
• Hyphenation: ar‧gi‧la

Noun

argila f (plural argilas)

1. clay (mineral substance)
2. loam

Further reading

• “argila”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “argila”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “argila”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “argila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025