panóptico
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
panóptico m (plural panópticos)
- panopticon (hypothetical prison wherein all the cells are visible from the centre of the building)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
panóptico (feminine panóptica, masculine plural panópticos, feminine plural panópticas)
Noun edit
panóptico m (plural panópticos)
- panopticon (hypothetical prison wherein all the cells are visible from the centre of the building)
Further reading edit
- “panóptico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014