albicante
Latin
Participle
albicante
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of albicāns
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin albicantis, albicāns, present participle of albicō (“to whiten, to be whitish”), from albus (“white”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.biˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.biˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.biˈkɐ̃.te/ [aʊ̯.biˈkɐ̃.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.biˈkɐ̃.tɨ/ [aɫ.βiˈkɐ̃.tɨ]
Adjective
albicante m or f (plural albicantes)
- (rare) albicant (becoming white; whitish)
- Synonym: albescente
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “albicante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “albicante”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025