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Portuguese
Etymology
From French stéthoscope, from Ancient Greek στῆθος (stêthos) and French -scope (Portuguese -scópio).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.te.tosˈkɔ.pi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.te.tosˈkɔ.pju/, /es.te.tosˈkɔ.pi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.te.tosˈkɔ.pju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.te.tosˈkɔ.pi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.te.tosˈkɔ.pju/, /es.te.tosˈkɔ.pi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.te.tosˈkɔ.pju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.te.toʃˈkɔ.pi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.te.toʃˈkɔ.pju/, /eʃ.te.toʃˈkɔ.pi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.te.toʃˈkɔ.pju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.te.tosˈkɔ.pi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.te.tosˈkɔ.pjo/
- Hyphenation: es‧te‧tos‧có‧pi‧o
Noun
estetoscópio m (plural estetoscópios)
- (medicine) stethoscope (medical instrument used to listen to sounds inside the body)
Further reading
- “estetoscópio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “estetoscópio”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “estetoscópio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “estetoscópio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “estetoscópio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “estetoscópio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024