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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tá‧bu‧lo
Noun
acetábulo m (plural acetábulos)
- (anatomy) acetabulum (bony cup that receives the head of the thigh bone)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acētābulum, the anatomical meaning being a calque of Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeˈtabulo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aseˈtabulo/
- Rhymes: -abulo
- Syllabification: a‧ce‧tá‧bu‧lo
Noun
acetábulo m (plural acetábulos)
- (obsolete) vinegar cup
- (anatomy) acetabulum
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