espéculo

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See also: especulo and especuló

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin speculum. Doublet of espelho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.ku.lu/, /esˈpɛ.ku.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɛ.ku.lu/, /eʃˈpɛ.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɛ.ku.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɛ.ku.lu/

Rhymes: -ɛkulu
Hyphenation: es‧pé‧cu‧lo

Noun

espéculo m (plural espéculos)

speculum

Related terms

especular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speculum. Compare the inherited doublet espejo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈpekulo/
Rhymes: -ekulo
Syllabification: es‧pé‧cu‧lo

Noun

espéculo m (plural espéculos)

speculum

Related terms

especular

Further reading

“espéculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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