térmite

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See also: termite and Termite

Portuguese

Alternative forms

térmita

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin termitem.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʁ.mi.t͡ʃi/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɾ.mi.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʁ.mi.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɻ.mi.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɾ.mi.tɨ/

Hyphenation: tér‧mi‧te

Noun

térmite f (plural térmites)

termite (white bodied, wood-consuming insect)
Synonym: (Brazil) cupim

References

^ “térmite”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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