• carís

Attested since circa 1750. Obscure.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈɾiθ], (western) [kɑˈɾis]

cariz m (plural carices)

1. countenance; face

   Synonyms: cara, rostro

2. aspect; appearance; looks

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carís”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cariz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• Hyphenation: ca‧riz

Borrowed from Spanish cariz.^[1][2]

cariz m (plural carizes)

1. aspect
2. character, nature

   Organizações de cariz social. ― Organisations with a social character.

• aspeto, caráter

From cara +‎ -iz.^[1]

cariz m (plural carizes)

1. caraway (plant)

   Synonym: alcaravia

2. caraway (seed/fruit)

   Synonym: alcaravia

• “cariz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾiθ/ [kaˈɾiθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾis/ [kaˈɾis] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ca‧riz

cariz m (plural carices)

1. aspect, condition

   Synonyms: aspecto, condición

2. appearance

   Synonyms: apariencia, hechura

• “cariz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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