acícula

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See also: acicula

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acicula (“hairpin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Noun

acícula f (plural acícules)

(botany) needle (long, pointed leaf found on some conifers)
(zoology) aciculum (internal chaeta of annelids)
(mineralogy) a slender tapering needle characteristic of an acicular crystal habitat

Related terms

Further reading

“acícula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.ku.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.ku.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsi.ku.lɐ/

Rhymes: -ikulɐ
Hyphenation: a‧cí‧cu‧la

Noun

acícula f (plural acículas)

acicula (needle-like spine of some animals and plants)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθikula/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsikula/
Rhymes: -ikula
Syllabification: a‧cí‧cu‧la

Noun

acícula f (plural acículas)

(botany) needle (long, pointed leaf found on some conifers)

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