elíptico
Galician edit
Adjective edit
elíptico (feminine elíptica, masculine plural elípticos, feminine plural elípticas)
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Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: e‧líp‧ti‧co
Adjective edit
elíptico (feminine elíptica, masculine plural elípticos, feminine plural elípticas)
- elliptical (in shape reminding of an ellipse, oval)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós, “defective”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
elíptico (feminine elíptica, masculine plural elípticos, feminine plural elípticas)
- elliptical (in the shape of an ellipse; oval)
- elliptical (of or showing ellipsis; having words omitted)
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Further reading edit
- “elíptico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014