acanto

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈkan.to/
- Rhymes: -anto
- Hyphenation: a‧càn‧to
(proscribed) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kan.to/^[1]

Noun

acanto m (plural acanti)

(botany, architecture) acanthus (Acanthus mollis)

References

^ acanto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

acanto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

canato, tonaca

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈkɐ̃.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈkɐ̃.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈkɐ̃.tu/

Hyphenation: a‧can‧to

Noun

acanto m (plural acantos)

acanthus (any of the genus Acanthus of prickly herbaceous plants)

Further reading

“acanto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈkanto/
Rhymes: -anto
Syllabification: a‧can‧to

Noun

acanto m (plural acantos)

acanthus (plant)
(architecture) acanthus

Further reading

“acanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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