ótico
See also: otico and otico-
Portuguese
FWOTD – 4 January 2016
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.t͡ʃi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ti.ku/
- Rhymes: -ɔtiku, -ɔt͡ʃiku
- Hyphenation: ó‧ti‧co
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὠτικός (ōtikós, “pertaining to the ear”), from οὖς (oûs, “ear”).
Etymology 2
Modified from learned form óptico, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “of seeing”), from ὀπτός (optós, “seen, visible”).
Adjective
ótico (feminine ótica, masculine plural óticos, feminine plural óticas)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of óptico.
- 2002, Walter A. Mannheimer, Microscopia dos Materiais: Uma Introdução, Sociedade Brasileira de Microscopia e Microanálise, page 111.5:
- Frequentemente, os instrumentos óticos, incluindo o microscópio, são iluminados por “luz branca”, que é uma mistura de luz de diferentes cores.
- Often, optical instruments, including the microscope, are illuminated with “white light”, which is a mixture of lights of various colours.
- 2002, Walter A. Mannheimer, Microscopia dos Materiais: Uma Introdução, Sociedade Brasileira de Microscopia e Microanálise, page 111.5:
Noun
ótico m (plural óticos, feminine ótica, feminine plural óticas)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of óptico.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠτικός (ōtikós, “pertaining to the ear”), from οὖς (oûs, “ear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈotiko/ [ˈo.t̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -otiko
- Syllabification: ó‧ti‧co
Further reading
- “ótico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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