silício

See also: silicio

Portuguese

Chemical element
Si
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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin silicium, from Latin silex (“stone, flint”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈli.si.u/ [siˈli.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /siˈli.sju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈli.si.o/ [siˈli.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /siˈli.sjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈli.sju/

Hyphenation: si‧lí‧ci‧o
Homophone: cilício

Noun

silício m (plural silícios)

(chemistry, uncountable) silicon
an atom of silicon

Related terms

silicato
silicificar
silicioso
silicone

Further reading

“silício” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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