percebe

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See also: percebé

Galician

percebes

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pollicipēde, from Latin pollicis (“thumb”) + pedis (“foot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈθeβe̝/, (western) /peɾˈseβe̝/

Noun

percebe m (plural percebes)

  1. (crustacean) gooseneck barnacle

Derived terms

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Alternative forms

Etymology 1

percebe (Pollicipes pollicipes)

From Medieval Latin pollicipedem, from Latin pollicem "thumb" + pēs, pedis "foot".

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: per‧ce‧be

Noun

percebe m (plural percebes)

  1. barnacle
    Synonym: craca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: per‧ce‧be

Verb

percebe

  1. inflection of perceber:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pollicipedem, attested also in Medieval Latin. From Latin pollicem (“thumb”) + pēs (“foot”) (genitive singular pedis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾˈθebe/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾˈsebe/
  • Rhymes: -ebe
  • Syllabification: per‧ce‧be

Noun

percebe m (plural percebes)

  1. barnacle

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