different between unitedstates vs brazil

English

Alternative forms

• brasil, Brazil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.?z?l/
• Hyphenation: bra?zil
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

brazil (plural brazils)

1. (obsolete) A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood. [14th–17th c.]
   • 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum:

     A small Quantity of Saffron will Tinct more then a very great Quantity of Brasil.

2. The hard, brown wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally the sappan, Biancaea sappan, of the East Indies, and later the brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata. [from 15th c.]
   • 1594, Thomas Blundeville, Exercises:

     The Prouince Brasilia tooke his name of the woode called Brasill.

   • 1886, Francis Quarles, Emblems

     Thou know'st my brittle temper's prone to break.
     Are my bones brazil or my flesh of oak?

   • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre 2003, p. 198:

     [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.

3. A Brazil nut.

   I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.

4. A seam of coal containing iron pyrites

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?br?zil]
• Hyphenation: bra?zil
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

brazil (not comparable)

1. Brazilian (of, from, or relating to Brazil, or the Brazilian people)

Noun

brazil (plural brazilok)

1. Brazilian (a person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent)

Declension

Related terms

• Brazília