celacanto

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos) "hollow" + ἄκανθα (ákantha) "spine".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃe.laˈkan.to/
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Hyphenation: ce‧la‧càn‧to

Noun

celacanto m (plural celacanti)

  1. coelacanth

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.laˈkɐ̃.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.laˈkɐ̃.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.lɐˈkɐ̃.tu/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu

Noun

celacanto m (plural celacantos)

  1. coelacanth (either of two species of deep-water fish)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin coelacanthus, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θelaˈkanto/ [θe.laˈkãn̪.t̪o] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /selaˈkanto/ [se.laˈkãn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Syllabification: ce‧la‧can‧to

Noun

celacanto m (plural celacantos)

  1. coelacanth

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