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Portuguese
Etymology
From carcino- + -geno.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: car‧ci‧nó‧ge‧no
Noun
carcinógeno m (plural carcinógenos)
- (biology) carcinogen
Further reading
- “carcinógeno”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “carcinógeno”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “carcinógeno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “carcinógeno”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “carcinógeno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From carcino- + -geno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kaɾθiˈnoxeno/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kaɾsiˈnoxeno/
- Rhymes: -oxeno
- Syllabification: car‧ci‧nó‧ge‧no
Noun
carcinógeno m (plural carcinógenos)
- (biology) carcinogen
Further reading