clípeo
See also: clipeo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkli.pe.u/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkli.pe.o/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkli.pju/
- Hyphenation: clí‧pe‧o
Noun
clípeo m (plural clípeos)
- (entomology) clypeus (front part of an insect’s head or a spider’s cephalothorax)
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish clipeo (1385), from Latin clipeus. All senses are derived from the "shield" sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklipeo/ [ˈkli.pe.o]
- Rhymes: -ipeo
- Syllabification: clí‧pe‧o
Noun
clípeo m (plural clípeos)
- (historical) clipeus (a type of circular shield)
- (entomology) clipeus; clypeus (part of the head of insects)
- (architecture) clipeus (an ornamental disk of marble)
Further reading
- “clípeo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “clípeo”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 1st edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 23 May 2019, →ISSN