polegada

English

Alternative forms

• pollegada (historical)

Etymology

From Portuguese polegada (“inch”), from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, from Latin pollicāris (“of or related to a thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”).

Noun

polegada (plural polegadas)

1. (historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm.

Synonyms

• Portuguese inch, inch (in Portuguese contexts)

Coordinate terms

• (Portuguese unit): ponto (¹⁄₁₄₄ polegada), linha (¹⁄₁₂ polegada), grao (¹⁄₆ polegada), dedo (²⁄₃ polegada), palmo (8 polegadas), Portuguese foot (12 polegadas), covado (24 or 24+³⁄₄ polegadas), vara (40 polegadas), passo (60 polegadas), toesa (72 polegadas), braça (80 polegadas)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pollegada (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese polegada, from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Compare Galician and Spanish pulgada. As an English unit, a calque of English inch.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.leˈɡa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.leˈɡa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.leˈɡa.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.lɨˈɡa.dɐ/ [pu.lɨˈɣa.ðɐ], /polˈɡa.dɐ/ [poɫˈɣa.ðɐ], /pɔlˈɡa.dɐ/ [pɔɫˈɣa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: po‧le‧ga‧da

Noun

polegada f (plural polegadas)

1. American or English inch, a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm
2. (historical) polegada, Portuguese inch, a historical unit of length about equal to 2.8 cm
3. (historical) square polegada, a historical unit of area about equal to 7.8 cm²
4. (historical) cubic polegada, a historical unit of volume about equal to 22 cm³, particularly used in measuring timber

Coordinate terms

• (English unit of length): pé (12 polegadas), jarda (36 polegadas)
• (Portuguese unit of length): ponto (¹⁄₁₄₄ polegada), linha (¹⁄₁₂ polegada), grão (¹⁄₆ polegada), dedo (²⁄₃ polegada), palmo (8 polegadas), pé (12 polegadas), côvado (24 or 24+³⁄₄ polegadas), vara (40 polegadas), passo (60 polegadas), toesa (72 polegadas), braça (80 polegadas)

Related terms

• polegar