rinoceronte
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rinoceronte
Asturian
Noun
rinoceronte m (plural rinocerontes)
- rhinoceros (herbivorous pachyderm)
Galician
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -onte
- Hyphenation: ri‧no‧ce‧ron‧te
Noun
rinoceronte m (plural rinocerontes)
Italian
Etymology
From Latin rhīnocerōtem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rinoceronte m (plural rinoceronti)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin rhīnocerōntem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς (rhís, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ri‧no‧ce‧ron‧te
Noun
rinoceronte m (plural rinocerontes)
Usage notes
- The gender of this Portuguese word is always masculine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “rinoceronte-macho” for male, and “rinoceronte-fêmea” for female.
Further reading
- “rinoceronte”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “rinoceronte”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “rinoceronte”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “rinoceronte”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “rinoceronte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin rhīnocerōtem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /rinoθeˈɾonte/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /rinoseˈɾonte/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -onte
- Syllabification: ri‧no‧ce‧ron‧te
Noun
rinoceronte m (plural rinocerontes, feminine rinoceronta, feminine plural rinocerontas)
- rhinoceros
- Synonym: abada (obsolete)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rinoceronte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10