metal

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old Catalan metall, matall, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).

der

(heraldry) white (argent) or yellow (or) tincture on a coat of arms


escudo

→ English: escudo

From Old Galician-Portuguese escudo (“shield”), from Latin scūtum (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, split”), which is an extension of *sek- (“to cut”). The name of the currency comes from the heraldic shields on the coins.


timbre

From French timbre, ultimately from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tímpano.


pala

Borrowed from Latin pāla (“shovel, bezel”). Doublet of pá.


divisa

From diviso, on the model of French devise.


banda

Borrowed from French bande (“ribbon”), from Frankish *bindā (“join, link”).


barra

From Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar. Doublet of bar.


sable

(heraldry) sable (of black colour on a coat of arms)


sable

(heraldry) sable (the black colour on coats of arms)


cruz

Kabuverdianu: krus

Papiamentu: krus

→ Bengali: ক্রুশ (kruś)

→ Gujarati: ક્રૂસ (krūs)

→ Hindi: क्रूस (krūs), क्रूश (krūś)

→ Konkani: खुरिस (khuris)

→ Lingala: kurúzɛ

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→ Malayalam: കുരിശ് (kuriśŭ), ക്രൂശ് (krūśŭ)

→ Sinhalese: කුරුසය (kurusaya)

→ Tamil: குருசு (kurucu)

→ Tulu: ಕುರ್ಸು (kursu), ಕ್ರುಸ್ಸ್ (krussŭ)

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→ Old Tupi: krusá
→ Kariri: kɾudza
Old Tupi: (LGA, LGP) kurusá
Nheengatu: kurusá
→ Brazilian Portuguese: Curuçá

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cruz, from Latin crucem (“cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).


grifo

From Old Galician-Portuguese grifo, from Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).


moto

Alteration of mote; compare also Italian motto.


leão

pt-noun

leão m (plural leões, feminine leoa, feminine plural leoas)

leões (plural)
leoa (feminine)
leoas (feminine plural)

Kabuverdianu: lion

Macanese: leám

Papiamentu: leon

→ Tetum: leaun

From Old Galician-Portuguese leon (“lion”), from Latin leōnem (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Doublet of leu. Cognate with Galician and Spanish león among others.


chefe

chefe m or f by sense (plural chefes, feminine (informal) chefa, feminine plural (informal) chefas)

chefes (plural)
chefa (feminine informal)
chefas (feminine informal plural)

→ Tetum: xefe

Borrowed from French chef.
Cognate of Spanish jefe and English chief. Doublet of chef, cabo, caput, and capuz.


azur

Borrowed from French azur, from Old French azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azul.

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, Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira, volume 3, Editorial Enciclopédia, page 962

Currently, dye factories produce a very pure azure.

Actualmente, as fábricas de corantes produzem azur muito puro.

No escudo do prelado maranhense os atributos das armas originais foram transformados e dispostos em um escudo cortado em faixa, figurando no 1º quartel quatro faixas ondadas de azul em campo de prata, e no 2º quarto flores de lis também de prata, posta 2 em 2, em campo de azur, com bordadura de vermelho pleno.

1984, Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Anais do Congresso de História do Segundo Reinado: Comissão de Genealogia e Heráldica, Comissão de História Jurídica, Comissão de História Cultural, Comissão de História Religiosa, page 74:

Em seu brasão de família havia dragões de ouro e ostentava a branda e escudetes de sinople e azur, […]

2001, Antonio Miranda, Manucho e o labirinto, Global, page 37:

O vermelho ou goles se representa por linhas perpendiculares (fig. 1). O azul ou azur, por linhas horizontais (fig. 2).

1992, Eugenio Vergara Caffarelli, As moedas do Brasil desde o Reino Unido, 1818-1992: ilustrado com 690 fotografias, page 18:

Red or gules is represented by perpendicular lines (fig. 1). Blue or azure, by horizontal lines (fig. 2).

Esmalte: as cores do brasão que não são metais: azul = azur, blau; verde = sinople, sinopla; preto = sable; vermelho = goles etc.
Color: the tinctures of the blazon which are not metals: blue = azure; green = vert; black = sable; red = gules etc.

, Valton Sergio von Tempski-Silka, Histórico dos Brasões e Bandeiras do Estado do Paraná, page 18


armorial

(heraldry) armorial (relating heraldic arms)


armorial

(heraldry) armorial (book on heraldry or arms)


branco

From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus with regular dissimilation of -l- to -r- after a consonant. Compare Galician branco, Spanish blanco. Doublet of Bianca, a name borrowed from Italian.


aspa

(heraldry) saltire (ordinary in the shape of an X)


arminho

From Medieval Latin mūs Armenius (“Armenian mouse”).


amarelo

amarelos (plural)
amarello (alternative obsolete)
marelo (alternative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Early Medieval Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”). Compare Galician amarelo, Mirandese amarielho, Spanish amarillo.


crescente

/kɾɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/

From Latin crēscentem. Doublet of croissant. By surface analysis, crescer + -ente.


elmo

elmos (plural)
helmo (alternative obsolete)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese elmo (“helm”), borrowed from Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms, “helm”), from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).


dragão

[dɾaˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese dragon, from Latin dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare Galician and Spanish dragón; also English drake.


serpe

From Old Galician-Portuguese serpe, from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
Cognate with Galician serpe, Spanish sierpe, Catalan serp, Occitan sèrp, Italian serpe and Romanian șarpe.


cavaleiro

pt-noun

cavaleiro m (plural cavaleiros, feminine cavaleira, feminine plural cavaleiras)

cavaleiros (plural)
cavaleira (feminine)
cavaleiras (feminine plural)
cavalleiro (alternative)
cavaleyro (alternative obsolete)
cavalleyro (alternative obsolete)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavaleiro, from Late Latin caballārius. Compare Galician cabaleiro. By surface analysis, cavalo (“horse”) + -eiro (“-eer”). Doublet of cavalheiro, through Spanish caballero.

surf

(nobility) knight (noble ranked below a baron)


coroa

coroas (plural)
corôa (alternative obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese corõa (“crown”), from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor, *ker. Doublet of corona.

der

(heraldry) crown (as depicted above a coat of arms)


águia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aguya, from Latin aquila (“eagle”), feminine of aquilus (“dark-coloured”). Doublet of áquila, which was borrowed.

inh+

(heraldry) eagle (representation of such a bird on a coat of arms)


blasonar

pt-verb

blasonar (first-person singular present blasono, first-person singular preterite blasonei, past participle blasonado)

blasono (first-person present singular)
blasonei (first-person preterite singular)
blasonado (participle past)
blasonar (impersonal infinitive)
blasonar (first-person infinitive singular)
blasonares (infinitive second-person singular)
blasonar (infinitive singular third-person)
blasonarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
blasonardes (infinitive plural second-person)
blasonarem (infinitive plural third-person)
blasonando (gerund)
blasonado (masculine participle past singular)
blasonados (masculine participle past plural)
blasonada (feminine participle past singular)
blasonadas (feminine participle past plural)
blasono (first-person indicative present singular)
blasonas (indicative present second-person singular)
blasona (indicative present singular third-person)
blasonamos (first-person indicative plural present)
blasonais (indicative plural present second-person)
blasonam (indicative plural present third-person)
blasonava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
blasonavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
blasonava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
blasonávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
blasonáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
blasonavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
blasonei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
blasonaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
blasonou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
blasonamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
blasonámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
blasonastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
blasonaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
blasonara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
blasonaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
blasonara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
blasonáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
blasonáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
blasonaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
blasonarei (first-person future indicative singular)
blasonarás (future indicative second-person singular)
blasonará (future indicative singular third-person)
blasonaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
blasonareis (future indicative plural second-person)
blasonarão (future indicative plural third-person)
blasonaria (conditional first-person singular)
blasonarias (conditional second-person singular)
blasonaria (conditional singular third-person)
blasonaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
blasonaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
blasonariam (conditional plural third-person)
blasone (first-person present singular subjunctive)
blasones (present second-person singular subjunctive)
blasone (present singular subjunctive third-person)
blasonemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
blasoneis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
blasonem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
blasonasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
blasonasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
blasonasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
blasonássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
blasonásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
blasonassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
blasonar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
blasonares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
blasonar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
blasonarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
blasonardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
blasonarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
blasona (imperative second-person singular)
blasone (imperative singular third-person)
blasonemos (first-person imperative plural)
blasonai (imperative plural second-person)
blasonem (imperative plural third-person)
não blasones (imperative negative second-person singular)
não blasone (imperative negative singular third-person)
não blasonemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não blasoneis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não blasonem (imperative negative plural third-person)


losango

Borrowed from French losange, from Old Occitan lausa (“flat stone”), from Gaulish.

losângulo

barbarism due to association with words like retângulo, triângulo etc.


suporte

suportes (plural)
supporte (alternative obsolete)

From suportar (“to support”), from Old Galician-Portuguese soportar, from Latin supportāre (“to carry; to bear”).


quina

From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).

bandeira das quinas

(heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal


besante

(heraldry) bezant (heraldic representation of a gold coin)


faixa

→ Tetum: faixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese faixa, from Latin fascia (“strip, ribbon”). Doublet of fáscia.

(heraldry) fess (horizontal band across the middle of the shield)


veiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese veiro, from Latin varius. Doublet of vário.


cantão

[kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from French canton. By surface analysis, canto + -ão.

(heraldry) canton (charge in upper dexter corner of shield)


brasão

[bɾaˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


brasão de armas

pt-noun

brasão de armas m (plural brasões de armas)

(heraldry) coat of arms (a hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon)


merleta

(heraldry) martlet (a mythical bird, often used in heraldry, which possessed no feet)


saibro

From Latin sabulum, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

(heraldry) sable (the black colour on a coat of arms)


flor de lis

(heraldry) fleur-de-lis (design representing a flower with three petals)


alerião

[a.le.ɾɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.leˈɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.lɨˈɾjɐ̃w̃/


armígero

(heraldry) armiger (person entitled to bear a coat of arms)


armista

armista m or f by sense (plural armistas)

(heraldry) armorist (a person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms)


bandado

pt-adj

bandado (feminine bandada, masculine plural bandados, feminine plural bandadas)

bandada (feminine)
bandados (masculine plural)
bandadas (feminine plural)


carnação

/kɐɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

From Latin carnatiōne (“fleshiness”), from Latin cāro (“flesh”).