réptil
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Etymology
Ultimately from Latin reptilis.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: rép‧til
Noun
réptil m (plural répteis)
- reptile (a cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia)
- (derogatory) reptile (mean or grovelling person)
Adjective
réptil m or f (plural répteis)
- (derogatory) reptile (grovelling; low; vulgar)
Further reading
réptil on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt- “réptil”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “réptil”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “réptil”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “réptil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
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Pronunciation
Adjective
réptil m or f (masculine and feminine plural réptiles)
Noun
réptil m (plural réptiles)
- reptile (a cold-blooded vertebrate)
Further reading
- “réptil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014