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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
fontanela f
- (anatomy) fontanelle
- Synonym: lupínek
Declension
Declension of fontanela (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “fontanela”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “fontanela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “fontanela”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fon‧ta‧ne‧la
Noun
fontanela f (plural fontanelas)
- fontanelle (soft spot on the head of babies)
- Synonym: moleira
Spanish
Etymology
From fontana + -ela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fontaˈnela/
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: fon‧ta‧ne‧la
Noun
fontanela f (plural fontanelas)
- (anatomy) fontanelle
Further reading