espécimen

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See also: espècimen

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin specimen.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/ , /esˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/ , /eʃˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɛ.si.mɛn/

Hyphenation: es‧pé‧ci‧men

Noun

espécimen m (plural especímenes)

Alternative form of espécime

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin specimen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /esˈpeθimen/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esˈpesimen/
Rhymes: -eθimen
Rhymes: -esimen
Syllabification: es‧pé‧ci‧men

Noun

espécimen m (plural especímenes)

specimen

Further reading

“espécimen”, 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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