fórceps

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See also: forceps

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.se.pis/ , /ˈfɔʁ.seps/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.se.pis/, /ˈfɔɾ.seps/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.se.piʃ/ , /ˈfɔʁ.sepʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɻ.seps/, /ˈfɔɻ.se.pis/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.sɨpʃ/

Hyphenation: fór‧ceps

Noun

fórceps m (invariable)

forceps (instrument used in surgery to grasp objects)
Synonym: fórcipe

Further reading

“fórceps”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin forceps.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈfoɾθebs/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈfoɾsebs/
Rhymes: -oɾθebs
Rhymes: -oɾsebs
Syllabification: fór‧ceps

Noun

fórceps m (plural fórceps)

forceps

Further reading

“fórceps”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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