sextante

See also: Sextante

Galician

Etymology

From Latin sextāns, from sex (“six”).

Noun

sextante m (plural sextantes)

sextant (navigational device)
(geometry) sector with an angle of 60°

Latin

Noun

sextante

ablative singular of sextāns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sesˈtɐ̃.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐjʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /seʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

Noun

sextante m (plural sextantes)

sextant (navigational instrument used to measure the angle between any two visible objects)
(geometry) sextant (one sixth of a circle)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sextantem, from sex (“six”).

Noun

sextante m (plural sextantes)

sextant

Further reading

“sextante”, 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