🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

corte de cabelo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kor-chee deh kah-beh-loh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Haircut/ˈhɛr.kʌt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela decidiu fazer um corte de cabelo antes do verão."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or result of cutting the hair on the head.

    "She decided to get a haircut before the summer."
  2. 2

    A style or manner in which hair is cut.

    "His new haircut made him look much younger."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'haircut' is a compound of 'hair' from Old English 'hær', meaning the strands growing from the head, and 'cut', derived from Old English 'cyttan', meaning to sever or divide. The term has evolved since the 14th century to denote the act of cutting hair into a specific style.

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