acetábulo

See also: acetabulo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seˈta.bu.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seˈta.bu.lo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨˈta.bu.lu/ [ɐ.sɨˈta.βu.lu]

  • Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tá‧bu‧lo

Noun

acetábulo m (plural acetábulos)

  1. (anatomy) acetabulum (bony cup that receives the head of the thigh bone)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acētābulum, the anatomical meaning being a calque of Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aθeˈtabulo/ [a.θeˈt̪a.β̞u.lo] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /aseˈtabulo/ [a.seˈt̪a.β̞u.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -abulo
  • Syllabification: a‧ce‧tá‧bu‧lo

Noun

acetábulo m (plural acetábulos)

  1. (obsolete) vinegar cup
  2. (anatomy) acetabulum

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ https://dicciomed.usal.es/palabra/acetabulo

Further reading

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