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Portuguese
Etymology
From higroscopia or higroscópio + -ico.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔpiku
- Hyphenation: hi‧gros‧có‧pi‧co
Adjective
higroscópico (feminine higroscópica, masculine plural higroscópicos, feminine plural higroscópicas)
- (chemistry, physics) hygroscopic (readily taking up and retaining water)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “higroscópico”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “higroscópico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “higroscópico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “higroscópico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “higroscópico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “higroscópico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From higroscopio + -ico.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iɡɾosˈkopiko/
- Rhymes: -opiko
- Syllabification: hi‧gros‧có‧pi‧co
Adjective
higroscópico (feminine higroscópica, masculine plural higroscópicos, feminine plural higroscópicas)
- (chemistry, physics) hygroscopic
Derived terms
Further reading