fórceps
See also: forceps
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.se.pis/ [ˈfɔh.se.pis], /ˈfɔʁ.seps/ [ˈfɔh.seps]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.se.pis/, /ˈfɔɾ.seps/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.se.piʃ/ [ˈfɔχ.se.piʃ], /ˈfɔʁ.sepʃ/ [ˈfɔχ.sepʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɻ.seps/, /ˈfɔɻ.se.pis/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.sɨpʃ/
- Hyphenation: fór‧ceps
Noun
fórceps m (invariable)
- forceps (instrument used in surgery to grasp objects)
- Synonym: fórcipe
Further reading
- “fórceps”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoɾθebs/ [ˈfoɾ.θeβ̞s] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈfoɾsebs/ [ˈfoɾ.seβ̞s] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oɾθebs (Spain)
- Rhymes: -oɾsebs (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: fór‧ceps
Noun
fórceps m (plural fórceps)
Further reading
- “fórceps”, 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