clavícula

Borrowed from Latin clavicula. Compare the inherited doublet clavilla.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kləˈβi.ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kləˈvi.ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [klaˈvi.ku.la]

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clavícula f (plural clavícules)

1. clavicle

• clavicular

• “clavícula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Learned borrowing from Latin clavicula. Doublet of chavella, inherited.

clavícula f (plural clavículas)

1. clavicle, collarbone

Learned borrowing from Latin clavicula (“small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Doublet of chavelha, cravelha, and cavilha.

• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: cla‧ví‧cu‧la

clavícula f (plural clavículas)

1. collarbone, clavicle

• osso

• clavicular

• chave

Borrowed from Latin clavicula (“small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Compare the doublets clavija, lavija, and llavija.

• IPA^(key): /klaˈbikula/ [klaˈβ̞i.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: cla‧ví‧cu‧la

clavícula f (plural clavículas)

1. collarbone, clavicle

• “clavícula”, 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