orificio

See also: orifício

Italian

Noun

orificio m (plural orifici)

1. opening
2. mouth (of a tube etc.)
3. orifice

Latin

Noun

ōrificiō

1. dative/ablative singular of ōrificium

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrificium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oɾiˈfiθjo/ [o.ɾiˈfi.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /oɾiˈfisjo/ [o.ɾiˈfi.sjo]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθjo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -isjo
• Syllabification: o‧ri‧fi‧cio

Noun

orificio m (plural orificios)

1. orifice

Further reading

• “orificio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014