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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French endémique, from Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos). By surface analysis, endemia + -ico.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈdẽ.mi.ku/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈdẽ.mi.ku/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈdẽ.mi.ku/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈdẽ.mi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈde.mi.ko/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈde.mi.ko/
Adjective
endêmico (feminine endêmica, masculine plural endêmicos, feminine plural endêmicas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- endemic
Further reading
- “endêmico”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “endêmico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “endêmico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “endémico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “endémico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025