ónix
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Galician
Noun
ónix m (uncountable)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw; onyx”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ó‧nix
Noun
ónix m (invariable) (European Portuguese spelling)
- onyx (a banded variety of chalcedony)
Hypernyms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).
Pronunciation
Noun
ónix m or f same meaning (uncountable)
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “ónix”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10