acícula

Learned borrowing from Latin acicula (“hairpin”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈsi.ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈsi.ku.la]

acícula f (plural acícules)

1. (botany) needle (long, pointed leaf found on some conifers)
2. (zoology) aciculum (internal chaeta of annelids)
3. (mineralogy) a slender tapering needle characteristic of an acicular crystal habitat

• acicular
• aciculat

• “acícula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧cí‧cu‧la

acícula f (plural acículas)

1. acicula (needle-like spine of some animals and plants)

• IPA^(key): /aˈθikula/ [aˈθi.ku.la] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈsikula/ [aˈsi.ku.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: a‧cí‧cu‧la

acícula f (plural acículas)

1. (botany) needle (long, pointed leaf found on some conifers)