raiz

raiz f

1. Alternative form of rayz

• raís (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese rayz, raiz, from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

• Hyphenation: ra‧iz

raiz f (plural raízes)

1. (botany) root (part of a plant)
2. (dentistry) root (part of a tooth)
3. root (part of a hair)
4. (figurative) root (primary source)

   Synonyms: causa, origem

5. (arithmetic) root (a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number)
6. (graph theory) root (the single node of a tree that has no parent)

   Antonym: folha

7. (linguistics) root (primary lexical unit of a word)

   Synonym: radical

8. (linguistics) root (word from which another word or words are derived)

   Antonym: descendente

9. (computing) root (highest directory of a directory structure)
10. (figurative, usually in the plural) the place where one grew up

    Synonym: (Rio Grande do Sul) pago

• (root of a plant): planta
• (root of a tooth): dente
• (root of a hair): cabelo, fio, pelo
• (root node): nó, vértice
• (highest directory of a structure): diretório, pasta

• (root of a plant): raiz aérea, raiz axial, raiz fasciculada, raiz pivotante, raiz primária, rizoma, tuberosa

• (root of a plant): caule, folha, galho

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: rais
• Kabuverdianu: raìs
• Papiamentu: rais