cetáceo
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See also: cetaceo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Cetacea.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cetáceo (feminine cetácea, masculine plural cetáceos, feminine plural cetáceas)
Noun
cetáceo m (plural cetáceos)
Spanish
Etymology
From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus, from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “whale, sea monster”), + translingual -acea, from Latin -ācea, neuter plural of -āceus (“resembling, -aceous”) (cognate with Spanish -áceo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈtaθeo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈtaseo/
- Rhymes: -aθeo
- Rhymes: -aseo
- Syllabification: ce‧tá‧ce‧o
Adjective
cetáceo (feminine cetácea, masculine plural cetáceos, feminine plural cetáceas)
Noun
cetáceo m (plural cetáceos)
Further reading
- “cetáceo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16