cetáceo

See also: cetaceo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Cetacea.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈta.se.u/, /seˈta.si.u/ [seˈta.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /seˈta.sju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈta.se.o/

  • Rhymes: -asju, (Brazil) -aseu
  • Hyphenation: ce‧tá‧ce‧o

Adjective

cetáceo (feminine cetácea, masculine plural cetáceos, feminine plural cetáceas)

  1. cetacean; cetaceous (pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea)

Noun

cetáceo m (plural cetáceos)

  1. cetacean (any animal belonging to the order Cetacea)

Spanish

Etymology

From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus, from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “whale, sea monster”), + translingual -acea, from Latin -ācea, neuter plural of -āceus (“resembling, -aceous”) (cognate with Spanish -áceo).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈtaθeo/ [θeˈt̪a.θe.o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈtaseo/ [seˈt̪a.se.o]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθeo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -aseo
  • Syllabification: ce‧tá‧ce‧o

Adjective

cetáceo (feminine cetácea, masculine plural cetáceos, feminine plural cetáceas)

  1. cetaceous

Noun

cetáceo m (plural cetáceos)

  1. cetacean

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