estalagmita

estalagmita f (plural estalagmites)

1. stalagmite

• estalactita

Borrowed from New Latin stalagmitēs, based on Ancient Greek σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “a dropping, dripping”) or στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”), from σταλάσσω (stalássō, “to let drop”).

• IPA^(key): /estalaɡˈmita/ [es.t̪a.laɣ̞ˈmi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧lag‧mi‧ta

estalagmita f (plural estalagmitas)

1. stalagmite

• estalactita

• “estalagmita”, 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